Apollo Blue

For this project we had a wood board of 24” x 60” with wood borders all around it. Our goal was to create, with some extra wood sticks, a dynamic grid with some visual impact.

My idea was to recreate the sky in a synthesized and, perhaps, naive manner. That’s why I’ve called it Apollo Blue.

 Here's the sketch

At first, I wanted a horizontal presentation. It’s only after I’ve put it vertically against a wall to save space in the studio that I realized how the dynamics of the painting was more powerful and much more interesting that way.

Here's the painting

Apollo Blue

By Marie-Pierre Chapuis

2006

Wood, paper, paint

24" x 60"