PP36 XS5-The girl next door (17x21cm)

Red ink stains more or less diluted tending towards a controlled pink. Some discreet annotations with very fine lead, transcriptions of the oral exchanges between the painter and the model during the painting session. James writes the name of the model “Constance” in red ink, with a fine brush like musical notes that would escape from the space of the painting...

Theme: Flowing painting XS

Series: Presence painting PP36XS 
Number: 05/14
Title: PP36 XS5-THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
Date of completion: 2010

Place of realisation: Paris-Marais
Signature: JS signature in lead pencil bottom right - James Arax on the back 
Mixed technique: Lead pencil & ink on paper
Support: Paper I Size: 17x21cm-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 presence painting (200x170cm), here "PP36 - The girl next door"

Each paper feeds on the matrix, it updates the energy of the matrix in a new creation.