Bearclan

I practice a form of mixed media which is called \"récup\'art\" in France, where I spent half my life. I generally use materials that others have discarded in acrylic-based paintings. My particular penchant is for the shiny wrappers from chocolate bars and Christmas and Easter candy but I also use waxed paper fruit wrappers, tissue paper, ribbons, champagne wrappers and lots of other bright, shiny things. What I love is the way certain materials can encapsulate light so much more than paint does. They allow me to express the deep joy I feel in the force of life. When I work I enter into a state I\'ve experienced as an improvisational singer as well as a simultaneous translator - one of receiving and producing at the same time. I go into that space and I guess I can say the life urge expresses itself through me. Colors and materials seem to naturally present themselves, outside of analytical thought but not without awareness. When I stay in the flow, radiance progressively finds its way into the piece. The world is changing, my works are songs to call to the brightness that is growing within us.