About this new series
I decided to pick some coloring pages up and print them. The person in the Internet cafe was surprised I would print that much 'that’s a lot of pages' he said. I had printed about thirty pages but I guess the real surprise was that, this was not really about how many pages I had printed but what ‘kind’ of pages I had printed. I didn't choose just any character or scene randomly but only the ones special to me, whom I had an ‘emotional’ connection with if that makes sense. They represent my favourite cartoon characters from my childhood and up to now. I tried to use the colours that Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks amongst others originally used. For each character I searched the web for any picture with them so I could get an idea about which colours to use.
I really like the idea of using something that already exists, that does not belong to me and mixing it with something that is ‘mine’. I realised that my idea was not really mine after having read recently Oscar Wilde's short essay 'Critic as an artist'.
I thought the same and I connected with it and it is great that it was already there.
Basically it says, you have to take and use what is already out there and do something with it. It also made me think about a Roy Lichtenstein catalog that I came across in a museum while in Milan recently. There was a series of artworks he had made that were representing paintings from Van Gogh, Cezanne and Matisse. He took their most famous paintings and incorporated them to new works.
I also loved the part when Wilde described how someone who is producing art for the enjoyment of public and not the enjoyment of himself is not an artist.
This is exactly how I feel. I want to produce art for my own personal enjoyment. Wilde said something along those lines but in a nicer way. :-)
I did these artworks for myself and I hope you'll enjoy them as much as I enjoyed doing them. :-)
Aurelie
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The Little Prince & Dublin,
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Shrek & New York,
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Asterix & Obelix in London,
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Aladdin & Paris,
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The beauty and the beast & Dublin,
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Tintin & New York,
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Buzz Toy story & Tokyo,
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The Little Prince & Paris,
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Dinosaurs & New York,
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Aliens Toy story & Dublin,
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Little Pony & New York,
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Donald with guitar & New York,
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Donald with painting & Dublin,
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Pirate Mickey & New York,
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Little Donalds & Dublin,
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Little Donalds & New York,
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Little Pony & Dublin,
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Care bears & New York,
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Lego city & New York,
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Playmobil Horse & Dublin,
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Lego Dragon & New York,
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Ponyo & New york,
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Ponyo & New York 3,
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Totoro & Tokyo,
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Dinosaurs & Abstract landscape,
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Tintin 'Le lotus bleu' & New York,
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Lego castle & New York,
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