Join the Fine Arts Gallery and the AUP community on Thursday, 17 September at 18:00 for a vernissage and exhibition entitled "Effrontées" by American artist Moe Delaitre. The vernissage on Thursday is followed by an exhbition that lasts through October 12th and displays works of art including paintings and mixed media collages.
The artist Moe Delaitre gave us the fascinating story behind her beautiful collection.
"I moved permanently to rural France in 2009. For Love. At the time, I never could have imagined how far outside of my comfort-zone I would soon find myself. Putting aside all of the normal cultural differences of language and daily rhythms, I didn't realize that the biggest hit to my psyche would be that the traditional painted portrait went out of fashion just after the victorious severing of the Kings head. The tradition fell out of favor, to the point that no searches of mine in the last several years turned up even one living French painter willing to label themselves as a portraitist. I am a traditional portraitist. Nearly 10 years later, I've been given my first solo exhibit at a beautiful gallery in Paris...a dream beyond any words I can find. I decided to continue marching outside of this comfort-zone, completing these nine portraits not with my old school traditional oils and wood panels, but with the materials I have available to me on the farm in Ussy, seed cartons and spraypaint. I chose to honor these 9 women, the brazen females of my youth, for their courage, their beauty, their stories."