Presecan's Soul Touch

A inceput si noul an, deja e pe terminate si ianuarie, gandul imi fuge navalnic inspre caldura, apa si verde. Inspre ape de munte, soare si muscarit. Augustin a ajuns aproape la un an si jumatate, abia astept momentul in care vom iesi impreuna in natura unde va descoperi universul... Si cateva imagini ce le-am surprins prin atelier, un nou inceput..     Un rau jucaus, e vara iarasi: Si diminetile cand cobor in atelier la lucru, inainte de pictat, mi-am rezervat o jumatate de ora de legat muste, pentru sezonul ce va sa vie!

Promenade des Anglais, Nice / oil on canvas / 100 x 100 cm / 2009 There are times which “catch” you, there are landscapes which „enchant” you and atmospheres which “embrace” you in a way which reveals long forgotten memories… such times are summer, the Mediterranean landscape and the atmosphere of the French Riviera. They all meet at this beginning of autumn in Cluj, in my simple “new paintings” or Mediterranean impressions. I can say, without emphasis, that the encounter of these three marks has made me incline towards colour beatitude and the rediscovery of emotions felt long ago. The postimpressionist landscape through the Cezannian example, the fauvism with its lyrical Dufy and tenor Matisse, the joy of life from Renoir and Bonnard’s coloured palette, together with the felt and seen blue , which veils you from everywhere, all these constitute the base of my new paintings. Three elements of the landscape become central through their repetition: the blue of the sea, the red-pin...