There is something very special about the sea in this region of Brittany, where the water seems to be sucked up from the sand and silt as if someone had removed a cork from the bottom of the sea!
And then life gurgles and bubbles between the algae and the damp sands and the crabs move away from the seagulls and the boots of fishermen who pass by in search of shells or bait for their hooks, bucket in hand and shovel on the shoulder.
The vast expanses stretch to the horizon, the point where land mixes with barely visible water.
James MacKeown is an award-winning figurative artist living in France whose paintings are featured annually in solo exhibitions nationally, as well as in England, Ireland and Switzerland. Through his art, he strives to convey the sublime in the intimacy of everyday and private life. The apparent improvisation in his works is actually the result of extreme and refined elaboration; the meticulously constructed color palette with soft gradations combined with a touch of sensitivity. As such, MacKeown identifies himself as a “painter of intimacy.” They follow his particular vision and philosophy of everyday life
the little things of everyday life,
those little things that seem so trivial,
These are perhaps the most important things of all.
the little moments spent washing, eating, bathing, cooking or whatever.
And these little things are actually big things, things that take up most of our time.
They are important,
these little things.