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Art & Design

Artwork by Francoise Nielly

Françoise Nielly’s massive, colorful portraits are delicious to look at. Even more wonderful – and particularly infuriating is to watch her create them. In a beautiful video posted on her site (see below), she, in her confident, strong hand, wields her painting knife shaped like a miniature garden trowel, replica watches and makes painting look easy like cake frosting. She paints her vivid, passionate canvases — some as large as 78 x 25 inches (195 x 62 centimeters) -- from black-and-white photos, further proof of her unfailing ability to interpret light, shadow, hue and tone by applying brilliant colors and daring strokes.

Born in Marseille, brought up near Cannes and Saint-Tropez, and now living in Paris, Nielly is at home among bold contrast and dazzling light. To add to her likeability, here is the list of her loves: Life, wide open spaces, sushi, blue lagoons, the Internet, humor, replica watches rolex replica watches rolex replica watches books, Paris, New York and Vancouver. - Tuija Seipell.