Barjols painter’s studio

Atelier de Barjol

New painter’s studio in Barjols de Colleen.

Located in the old tanneries of Barjols, Colleen is setting up her new workshop at the start of the year.

A vast space specially designed for the work of a painter. Hindsight allows above all to have an eye on his past works in order to find inspiration for future works. The space accentuates the impulsiveness of the gesture to rediscover the dynamism of paintings of vultures, Colleen’s favorite subject.

Worktable

The intense light of Provence makes it possible to obtain the brilliance of the color essential in the realization of the icons of Bonobos, a demanding and meticulous work which contrasts with the oil paintings of vultures. In this new painter’s studio in Barjols, Colleen can move from one creation to another, leaving her mind free to be creative.

The wall of icons

We look forward to seeing his work exhibited in the Cotignac gallery, and why not in a local exhibition specific to his very particular iconographic work.

We talk about us….

ATELIER COTIGNAC

Studio Paco Como Cotignac

Cotignac mon village de france, facebook community, honors us with a video on our gallery.

Here is the video of the PACO COMO art gallery, an American artist, painter who likes to photograph… A French photographer who likes to paint…

The mixture of these two arts gives you a magical place where intimacy and workshop mix.

Colleen, and Patrice, very sensitive to the wild animals of Africa and particularly to the fate reserved for bonobos, like all antithropoid monkeys, the bonobo, is a species particularly threatened because of its exclusive distribution in a region ravaged by the wars to which it add deforestation, diamond mining and hunting for its meat.

Populations have declined drastically over the past 30 years.

Many associations exist to help this massacre, in order to warn public opinion…

Take advantage of your visit to Cotignac to visit the workshop.

Atelier d’art

28 rue du Marais

Cotignac

Galerie : www.pacocomo.com

Shop : www.pacocomo.fr

Fb : paco como@ATELIER.COTIGNAC

À Bientôt à Cotignac

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Link to Paco Como Shop

The cat wall

The cat wall

Cats, lions, leopards, cheetahs in the spotlight at the workshop, for a presentation of large format prints to see at the workshop.

Cheetah
Specie Acinonyx jubatus family of Felidae
Leopard standing on a tree in Kruger National park, South Africa ; Specie Panthera pardus family of Felidae

Link to Paco Como Shop

Fire

Inspiration du feu

Inspiration from fire

Striking news of the forest fires that are ravaging the planet.

California, Australia, Siberia, Congo, and in the Var, close to home… no one is spared, so Colleen is inspired by current events for her work…

You will soon be able to come and discover the result of his work at the workshop.

Do not hesitate to see her work on our website.

Link to Paco Como Shop

Ink making training by Colleen.

Formation à la fabrication d'encres

Incredibly talented artist, Colleen, has been sharing her knowledge of ancient ink making methods… Iron Gall Ink.

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Nature is so amazing! Gall wasps lay a single egg on a leaf bud. The larvae secretion changes the chemistry where a protective gall nut is formed around the larvae instead of a leaf. When it’s ready, the wasp will burrow it’s way out of the nut, leaving a little hole (swipe to see an example).
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We’re surrounded by lots of oaks and collect little galls (with holes in them) that we’ve found on the forest path.
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These galls contain a lot of tannin, and have been used to make ink since the Roman Empire, and from the middle ages until the twentieth century.

Ink making training
Link to Paco Como Shop