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Self-Portrait

Jacques Sulltana

“I paint what I love to see and touch. I do not make things up. I just try to catch the fleeting beauty of every day life, moments which I have experienced.No extraordinary thoughts or emotions, just the joy of existence.There is no action in my paintings: something just happened or is about to happen.Tactile pleasure of the caressing play of light on skin, stroking hair and carving a profile.The reflection of a magical mirror where you plunge into a space can not reach; the simple and natural beauty of the male body; the ambiguity of the model looking at the painter looking at a game of mirrors: innocence of an everpresent sensuality. Contrast and color are submitted to the rendering of light, harmony and balance of the whole.The rigor of geometry and technique are used to contrast the body’s fluidity and only to serve expression.A few themes and infinite variations, far from violence and drama, just a smile.”