The Rise
2017
70 x 50 cm | 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
Graphite, gold (24k) and silver leaf on paper
- Second Place ($1,000 Cash Award) / Imaginative Realism
- ARC Purchase Awards ($8,000)
- Arcadia Contemporary Award
- Aristides Publication Prize for Drawing
- First Place ($2,500 Cash Award) / Drawing
This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.
"When I had the idea of painting this subject, I had named it 'The Fall,' a reference to some books I was thinking about at that time ('The Joyful Wisdom' and 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' by Friedrich Niezsche, and 'The WindWalkers' by Alain Damasio)
I contacted a model to work from solid visual references. She perfectly embodied this "fall" and I knew she would feed the feeling that I wanted to create. We met for 'The Fall' and we fell...in love.
I decided to change the title of this painting because I wished it to be a "rise" for her. Hence, its new title: The Rise.
I dedicate it to Psyche, my model, my muse and my love.” – YOANN LOSSEL