PP59 XS7-The Architect (17x21cm)

Start to travel in these large landscapes where each pictorial accident tell a story. There is snow and snow in this white polar landscape. On the upper part we can read "Famam Extendere Factis", the motto written in blue paint on the matrix painting n°59. The inscription appears under the ice: extending one's influence through action takes time....

Theme: Flowing painting XS
Series: Presence painting PP59 XS

Number: 7/20
Title: PP59 XS7-THE ARCHITECT
Date of completion: 2012

Place of realisation: Paris Ivry-sur-Seine (Bibliothèque de France)
Signature: James Arax bottom right with black ink.
Mixed technique: Coloured pigments & ink on paper

Support: Paper 

Size: 17x 21cm-6,7x8,3in I Format: XS

...During the PRESENCE PAINTING performance, James always makes a series of small drawings on paper with the still fresh paint from the MATRIX painting (200x170cm), here " PP59 - The architect I Famam Extendere Factis".

The pen and ink signature adds a timeless element to this painting on paper.