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"The Conductor" by Jerome Tupa
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"The Conductor" Unframed Original Limited Edition Serigraph Hand Signed by the artist Size: 37" x 42" Edition Number: 55/275 Condition is Mint Certificate of Authenticity & appraisal is included Gallery Retail: $580.00 unframed JEROME TUPA Jerome Tupa, a Catholic priest and professor of French, approaches each painting he does with a sense of wonder and adventure. "What pushes me on is that after I do a painting, I'm never quite sure that I can do another." Yet he does. His works have won international acclaim and have been displayed at the Librarie St. Severin and Musee National de Jean Moulin of Paris, as well as at galleries throughout the United States. In addition, the Vatican is sponsoring a UNESCO show of his works in Paris. Tupa had an early interest in art, but it was not until he was working on his Doctorate in French Literature at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, that he began painting in earnest -- in part, because of the isolation brought on by his studies. His early subjects were furnishings in his room. "The furniture inhabited my life," he explains. "I had a relationship with it because of the long hours of study and writing. Nature and people were nonexistent for me then because of the demands of my thesis." He found, however, that painting provided him with a way to explore his surroundings, and he moved from painting landscapes and interiors to painting human figures. "The streets and people (of Paris) seemed to push me to express myself," he recalls, "and the education of my sight began to take place." Tupa describes his style as Fauvist and Matisse-like, characterized by vigorous freedom, quick brushwork, and heightened -- almost arbitrary -- use of color. He uses vivid colors to express a joy, while his use of gold reflects the icons of the Middle Ages, when that color symbolized heaven. Flowers frequently appear in his paintings and represent purity, beauty, and the spirit. The beach is a frequent setting for Tupa's scenes and he often includes an umbrella: "All of us," he says, "are under an umbrella of some sort, which some how shields us." One of Tupa's favorite symbols of transcendence is a window with light rushing through it. "It would seem that there is an interior consciousness or transcendence that is out there, as opposed to the reality of my immediate surroundings. The ordinary surroundings of everyday existence -- of flowers, pots, tables, and chairs -- are only a part of reality. I seem to transcend those simple things and look to a place beyond." Tupa feels that a piece of art should offer something unexpected; if it does not, it is lacking in strength. "A painting must stop a person and speak to him," he states. "It's a process of communication between the artist and the viewer." For Tupa, that communication is vital. "I need to get my fingers into paint," he exclaims, "I want to paint, I want to talk -- if I didn't paint, I'd be breaking people's eardrums!"
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