Fabienne Monestier

Joined Artfinder: Sept. 2015

Artworks for sale: 647

(62)

France

Updates from Fabienne Monestier's studio

  • Stretching tondo

    Stretching tondo

    I often stretch myself my canvas. Here, I am stretching a circular canvas, which is called a tondo. The secret is to be patient and to have a little technic ;-)

    02 May 2018
    35eme Salon artistique de Veigné

    35eme Salon artistique de Veigné

    Saturday 21th April, I brought my works to participate in the artistic Salon de Veigné exhibition. Group exhibition in the beautiful old Moulin de Veigné, in Touraine.

    23 April 2018
    Work in progress

    Work in progress

    Just working on this very romantic tondo, circular canvas, with soft colors...

    19 February 2018
    Artwork in situ

    Artwork in situ

    My lovely "Feuillages #4", in situ in my troglodytic house. The ancient furniture belonged to my great grand-mother, and to her mother before... surely end of the XIXe century, in the french alpine countryside...

    27 January 2018
    Small acrylic abstract landscape on paperboard

    Small acrylic abstract landscape on paperboard

    Those abstract landscapes are made with acrylic and palette knife, in a very free and gestural style ! Sgraffito, textures, thick layers of paste... like playing with the food :-)

    14 January 2018
    Special place for large sizes paintings

    Special place for large sizes paintings

    This is the place where I work on my large sizes paintings : it's a sort of cube, made in wood panel, with good artificial light, in the bottom of the cellar, sort of artificial cavern, dug by people in ancient times, in my troglodytic house. After working on backgrounds paintings, I often take the canvas to the daylight to adjust colors. I wait to nice weather to photograph them outside.

    04 January 2018
    My tools

    My tools

    Here are some of my brushes... only a part of them :-)

    14 November 2017
    Good painting session today !

    Good painting session today !

    Good painting session today, especially the last five paintings, made with diluted, dirty, mixed colors, at the end of the session ! ... I prefer take off the painting very diluted than adding paste. I am a "watercolor like" oil painting maker ! :-)

    04 August 2017
    Working on small sizes oil landscapes

    Working on small sizes oil landscapes

    These little studies (format 20X20 cm) on plywood pannel will be sold when dry !!! I think I will propose some of them framed, with a sober, patina white wood frame.

    20 July 2017

    Video : large size painting performance

    On Sunday, July 2nd, took place the Pussigny's large size painting competition : 30 artists, 30 XXL canvases hung on the streets of the village. 8 hours to make a painting of 8 m². Size of the painting: 4mX2m (157"X78") The contest starts at 9am. Lift the brush at 5pm. Deliberation and award ceremony at 6pm. No price for me this year, but I got the 1st prize three years ago, and a third prize last year. The works remain exposed in the streets of Pussigny until the end of October 2017.

    03 July 2017
    The large size painting contest, at Pussigny, France

    The large size painting contest, at Pussigny, France

    Here is "Foliages", acrylic on canvas, 157"X78", painted yesterday at the XXL size contest, at Pussigny, the smaller village of Indre et Loire in France. 30 painters, 30 XXL canvases in the street of Pussigny. Each artist has 8 hours to paint his/her 157"X78" canvas. Big art. No award for me this year. But the absolute pleasure to challenge !!!

    03 July 2017
    Preparing a contest

    Preparing a contest

    I am working to prepare a contest of big size paintings, on July 2th. 400X200 cm. In inches : 157X78. Huge format !

    27 June 2017