Monday, December 04, 2006

AUDIN: Artist extraordinaire

Audin is an artist whose life is indivisible from his art. When you visit his home/studio, everything, and I mean everything, is decorated in his very particular style. You start in his studio area (seen in these photos) and continue on into his private rooms upstairs. It is a delight to enter his world. He decorates all manner of objects: pans, buckets, lamps, furniture. He paints on canvas, old utensils, vinyl records, bits of wood, the walls and the floors. He makes two-dimensional cut outs of animals and large totem-like people. His art is intermingled with collections of things, some of which, if large enough, are also decorated. His style is childlike, yet strong, with a spontaneity that is life-affirming. I can't begin to tell you how much we enjoyed our visit.

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