Amour maternel 2017

Cricorps paints ‘Amour maternel’ with a tender embrace of color, likely built up layer by layer. The surface is heavily textured, you can almost feel the artist pressing the paint onto the canvas, one little dab at a time, like building a mosaic. I wonder, did Cricorps first create this scene as a mosaic or drawing before painting it? Each polygon is full of intention. The colors are soothing, blending into one another. I see echoes of early Cubism here, maybe even a little bit of Gustav Klimt, but with its own distinct voice. The way the forms interlock, creates a feeling of closeness, safety, maybe even protection. It’s like Cricorps is saying, look, we all need love and the connection to our mother. It’s a universal thing, captured in paint. A reminder that artists build on each other’s work, we’re all in this conversation together.