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"The Dwelling"

" The smoke of cane juice seems to float,

when the clouds fly over it…”

(Excerpt from unknown author)


The Zévallos site is unique because it brings together one of the first industrial sugar factories in the Caribbean and a Louisian style house, built around 1850 (selected in 2020 as an emblematic project of Guadeloupe by the Heritage Mission led by Stéphane Bern) .

It is one of the only brick and iron architecture in Guadeloupe. The site extends over almost 2 ha and has a place in oral traditions. It bears witness to the economic development of Guadeloupe and the history of its settlement from the 17th century. Its history is crossed by that of the first settlers and then of the slaves to end with the arrival of the workforce of Indian origin.

(excerpt from fondation-patrimoine.org)


www.fondation-patrimoine.org


http: habitationzevallos.com


Acrylic painting on canvas 80 cm x 100 cm

** Private collection **


The "Villa Cocotte"


"La Case Creole

Covered with shingles, lined with lambrequins,
La Case Créole is beautiful under this lace.
Her slender silhouette stands out from the sky,

This immense veil, of a serene blue.
Sculpted on all sides, shaped with care,
She welcomes her guests without the slightest disdain,
Opening the doors of her sublime garden
To those who know how to hold out their hand.

Sprinkled with jasmines and roses of yesteryear,
She releases her incense at nightfall.
Distrusting bitumen, cyclones and years,
She survives like a dream with lots of love.

And to discover all its intimacy,
Slip silently through its half-open door,
Walk softly on its tamarind parquet
To contemplate all the jewels in its cases. "

(Poem by Jamy HOAREAU) jamy.hoareau@orange.fr


Acrylic painting on canvas 81 cm x 65 cm

950 € without frame/ optional

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4 talented artists, gathered around the theme:

"Our Nature"

exhibit from February 17 to 26, 2022 at the FORUM JARRY building, rue Forest - HOUELBOURG - 97122 BAIE MAHAULT.



"Precious Rhisophora"

This forest in the sea, inspiring for writers, artists and poets, is one of the most exceptional territories in the world; It forms the cradle of a fauna and a flora with an unknown richness.

Acrylic painting on canvas 150 cm x 100 cm


1.100€ without frame

"Dreams of yesteryear"

Sprinkled with jasmines and roses of yesteryear,

She releases her incense at nightfall,

Distrusting bitumen, cyclones and years,

She survives like a dream with lots of love.

(Excerpt from Case Créole by HOAREAU Jamy)

Acrylic painting on canvas 91 cm x 73 cm

* Private collection *

" Serenity "


I defend my happiness, as one does treasures, against hard looks and noises from outside.


No breath shakes the mimosa on which, while singing, a flock of birds weighed.


(Excerpt from René VIVIEN)


Oil painting on canvas 80 cm x 100 cm, inspired by the Jardin de Valombreuse €1,100 without frame


www.valombreuse.com

"Remains"

She is still there despite the passage of time.

She took on other looks, decked out in red, ocher and ground green.

She stopped to fall asleep in her green abode.

Here the silence and the intoxicating calm have nothing monotonous, because it has become a temple of glory that affects the walker when he finds here the encrusted memory of man.


Oil painting on canvas 100 x 70 cm

* Private collection of the IMPEC Company *

https://impec.fr

" Ti Case at Vuitton"


Acrylic painting on canvas 63 cm x 70 cm

Private collection

The box is so proud

Let her take air

To believe in his subject

Tinplate goes hand in hand.

She's raining light

colors of the sun

In the dark ephemeral,

Lunar bursts.

Dress her in a dress

Blazing at its roof

With four sides, the coat

Lace at its eaves.


(Excerpt from the Poetic Ode

Clodelian

Paul Clodel Cochard)

"Hibiscus" quadriptych acrylic paint on 4 canvases of 30 cm x 40 cm each

Set: 580 € without frame


The surprising beauty of


the hibiscus…


An exotic flower native to Egypt, India and China, the hibiscus amazes us with its dazzling beauty: the wide-open calyx makes us perceive all the shades of color of the flower: a purple red that comes in a deep pink, a bright orange that becomes golden yellow, a bright yellow veined with white..

The flower first seems to us as if rolled up on itself before opening out, then we find it largely offered, with regular contours, gradually it wrinkles and takes on scalloped shapes on the edges, it then makes one think of a folding crepe paper, it finally closes in on itself and returns to its original shape... The heart of the flower itself seems unreal with a starry pistil of small sparkling and luminous sparks...

This Chinese rose stands on its stem and imposes its lofty beauty on us, its sumptuous, wide and magnificent petals... an ephemeral flower, it is all the more beautiful: its fragile splendor quickly fades, and we find ourselves on the ground the scroll of the flower folded in on itself...

From the Malvaceae family, the hibiscus comes from a Greek word: ibiscos which means “marshmallow”. its red flowers are used in Egypt for the preparation of a divine drink "the carcade".

This Egyptian flower transports us to a magical and mysterious world: it takes us to the edge of a dream: we then perceive the green banks of the Nile, the feluccas, the pyramids, the sphynx, the pharaohs, the ancient gods Amon, Baal, Sobek, the lotus flowers...

The hibiscus seems straight out of a fairy tale… so strange and unreal is its beauty, so much does its flower enchant us and transport us to an ideal world…. The abundant foliage, deep green and shiny, enhances the marvelous splendor of this ephemeral rose...

http://rosemar.over-blog.com/article-la-beaute-surprenante-de-l-hibiscus-105478029.html

"My Childhood Home"acrylic painting on canvas 80cm X 65cm / Private Collection

I wanted to drink

at the stream of childhood,
Return to the land of happy memories.
I keep in my heart the image of these places
Like a lucky charm warding off suffering.

(Patricia Guénot)


" The Vendee Globe 2020 "

knife oil painting on canvas 80 x 100 cm

* Private collection *

“Here, we are in an ocean of humility, absolute solitude and total osmosis with the elements of nature.
To continue this fusion with the ocean, to live only for the miles traveled and the breaking waves that attack my sailboat [...]
I commune with the inhuman sea; with all my flesh and with all my spirit I associate myself with his high mass. "

(Christophe Houdaille - MarcoPolo85)

Yannick BESTAVEN | MASTER COCK IV - 28.01.2021
After 80d 13h 59min 46s at sea, the skipper of Maître CoQ IV is back in the channel of Les Sables d'Olonne after a world tour. After having ensured first place in the classification for many days, he crossed the finish line in third position but with his bonus he became the winner of this Vendée Globe 2020-2021.

" The terrace "


acrylic painting on canvas 80cm X 100cm


Private collection

Near the bandstand
The children are going to play
Curls in the wind, drop in the nose
They run excited

Two chairs side by side
Memory of a kiss
Remain almost entwined
Ready to start again

(Robert INFUSINI)

"To paint a landscape, it takes disturbing words
Round white pebbles where the water runs,
Quivering bamboos, like a chattering curtain
The atmosphere is zen hushed

like a piece of jazz..."


Alain HANNECART

The water lily pond (excerpts)


" Downwind "

Oil painting on canvas 100 cm x 80 cm
(Private collection)

" Downwind,
I took out the mainsail
And I slid downwind
Act like I'm leaving the earth
I found my star
I followed her for a moment,
Downwind,
And if you think it's over
It's just a pause, a respite from the dangers. "


(Excerpt from the lyrics "Sous le vent" sung by Céline DION and GAROU)

"To Forget the Rain"

Palette knife acrylic painting

54cm x 65cm

" Private collection "

" Wildcat "

knife oil on canvas 80 cm x 80 cm
* Private collection *

...
"The wild sea, the virgin sea, the wild sea,
Deep in its inviolate mother-of-pearl bed
Come back down, to sleep, far, far from the shore,
Under the pure gaze of the soft starry sky.

The sea loves the sky: it is to tell it better,
Away, in secret, his immense torment,
May the amorous wild animal, at sea, withdraw,
In its bed of coral, amber and diamonds."
...

(Excerpt from the poem "La Mer" by Nérée Beauchemin)
is pleased to inform youthe official opening of
Valombreuse garden from
Friday, June 19, 2020 at 10 a.m.

On this occasion, among other talented Artists, you will be able to admire his newworksand creations made exclusively for this magnificent botanical garden in Petit-Bourg.

She warmly thanks all the members of the very friendly team of the Jardin de Valombreuse for this great opportunity and for all their efforts to make this Botanical Garden an exceptional place.


Find out more about Jardin de Valombreuse

"Intimate"

(Oil painting on canvas) 100 cm x 70 cm
880€ without frame

When a man is naked,
everything is visible,
except his feelings.

When a woman undresses, everything is still hidden,
except his feelings.

(Jacques Salome)




" Flamboyant "
acrylic paint on canvas 100 x 70 cm (Private Collection)

"A miracle has arisen that no one could have foreseen:
Exalting the color beyond all measure,
Flowery, the flamboyants rise up in the evening,
Admire the scarlet dripping carpet
Who puts in the moved air its rich blossoming!
Or wouldn't it be like, when a crater bursts,
Like a hot pool of molten lava?"

(Excerpt from "Les flamboyants" by Jean Ricquebourg)

"

" My garden "

(oil on canvas 180cm x 140cm)
Private collection The Gardens of Valombreuse

"Up There"
Oil painting
on canvas 40 x 79.50 cm
private collection

"You believe that the Earth is entirely yours
For you it's just a carpet of dust
I know that the stone, the bird and the flowershave a life, have a mind and a heart
For you the stranger does not bear the name of manonly if he looks like you and thinks your way
But walking in his footsteps you question yourself
Are you sure, deep down, that you're right?
(Wind Air Lyrics / Pocahontas)

"Eden"

Oil painting
on canvas 40 x 79.50 cm
private collection




"In everything that arouses in us the pure and authentic feeling of beauty, there is really the presence of God.
There is a kind of incarnation of God in the world whose beauty is the mark "

(Simone Weill)

The importance of details!

"Details make perfection and perfection is not a detail" (Leonardo DeVinci)

I have always been fascinated by details. We can approach it, see more and feel the essential. The details alone can make us experience fleeting emotions...

It's not what you paint that's important, it's how you paint it.
If the form interferes with the substance, the message will not get through.

You have to agree to give importance to what some consider to be a detail.

Learn more
Florence BONNOT exhibited at the PooL Art Fair in Guadeloupe from JUNE 13 to 16, 2019

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" Beautiful island "

Knife oil on canvas 70 x 100cm / Private Collection

This island that I never imagined
I never thought of it
Yet she existed
She was magic
Perhaps more fantastic
She had a part of her
who was a bit rebellious
It was a childhood dream
who was amazing
She was in the shape of a heart
Which makes travelers dream.

http://eclats-de-livres.blogspot.com/2013/02/lile-au-tresor.html

Meet at Booth B 9

" Gratitude "
knife oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm / "Private Collection"



One hour for the planet
That's what I gave
To our friend Nature
To preserve it
Turn off the light
And the tamed shadow
To light up life
Keep loving each other!

( Elodie SANTOS - 2009 )

"Kali'na"
(oil on canvas 70 x 100cm * Private collection *)
The Kali'nas (formerly Karibs) are an Amerindian ethnic group found in several countries on the Caribbean coast of South America.
They are of Caribbean language and culture.

“Deep-hearted nature on whom the heavens rest,
No one will have loved so warmly like me
The light of day and the sweetness of things,
The glistening water and the land where life germinated.

The forest, the ponds and the fertile plains
Have touched my eyes more than human gazes,
I leaned on the beauty of the world
And I held the scent of the seasons in my hands. »

(Excerpts from The Offering to Nature by Anna de Noailles)

" The mill "

All these wooden mills,
all these stone mills,
that once turned to the heavens,
like a prayer, under the breath of the winds,
stopped their hearts and wandered round,
on the progress of time...

(Excerpt from Moulins des souvenirs - Dominique Simonet)

Hospitality
Oil painting on canvas 100 x 81cmPrivate collection
ONE DAY MONTREAL

Don't be too harsh
with your brothers
They arrive on makeshift boats
somewhere on our earth
don't ask for the moon
just board and lodging
We are all from
from the same father
and we must be accountable
to the same messenger
who reminds us
that we are ephemeral

(Excerpt from the poem "Hospitality" by
Kamal Zerdoumi 2018)

Exposure "Caribbean Colors"...

We are waiting for you at the BWA CHIK Hotel
of Saint-François, avenue de l'Europe!

Florence BONNOT exhibits 30 figurative paintings made in oil and knife.

Exhibition at the BWA CHIK Hotel, avenue de l'Europe in Saint-François (97118), every day from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. until March 9, 2019.
The opening took place on Saturday, February 9, 2019.

With the kind participation of:

EXPOSURE
at the Bwa Chik Hotel

Virgin flowers,
To your rivals,
roses and lilies,
I prefer you,
When I will do
In the thickets
A crown
which I surround
my blond hair,
Or that I give
At the Madonna
With my wishes.

(Louise Collet)

"Ultramarine Blues"
(oil painting on canvas 116 x 80 cm / private collection)

"Nature is all we see,
Everything we want, everything we like.
All we know, all we believe,
Everything that we feel in ourselves.

She is beautiful to whoever sees her,
She is good to those who love her,
She's right when you believe in her
And that we respect it in ourselves.

Look at the sky, it sees you,
Kiss the earth, she loves you.
The truth is what we believe
In nature it is yourself."

( George Sand )

Currently visit my exhibition at the BWA CHIK Hotel in Saint-François (97118)


From February 3 to March 9, 2019, exhibition of 30 knife paintings, oil on canvas at:

"BWA CHIK HOTEL & GOLF" in SAINT-FRANCOIS, Avenue de l'Europe.


Thank you to 2018 and to all those who have contributed to new artistic adventures!

See you in 2019!

I wish you endless dreams and the furious desire to realize some of them.
I wish you to love what must be loved and to forget what must be forgotten.
I wish you passions.
I wish you silences.
I wish you birdsong when you wake up and children's laughter.
I wish you to resist the stagnation, the indifference, the negative virtues of our time.
I especially wish you to be you !

(Excerpt from an interview with Jacques BREL, January 1, 1968)

January 1, 2019 will be the first blank page of a new 365-page book that we will write together!

Happy New Year!

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I modestly wish, through my works, to bring a personal touch as an expression of myself.
I thus hope, by a simple interpretation of emotions, full of explosions of colors, to inspire other people.

"The real journey of discovery does not consist in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" (Marcel Proust)
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