Barbara’s art
Cox’s pop surrealism
«To create for me is to enter a world where reality no longer exists, where I can stretch it like paint that spreads out of the frame and let it find its way onto the canvas.»
His artistic signature is instantly recognisable.
A unique style that draws on the colour palette of Pop Art to create a new, ultra-contemporary surrealism.
A dreamlike, enchanting and casual universe.
Each work is an invitation to travel to the mysterious world of dreams. The artist weaves an abstract canvas of enchantment and liberation of the imagination, where colour tells its own story.
Colour is free, lively, joyful, without nuance, it gambols across the canvas full of energy and then bursts out of the frame, infatuated with freedom.
Relief appears like the icing on the cake, giving the viewer an irresistible urge to touch.
The only thing serious about Barbara Cox’s work is her determination not to take herself too seriously!
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Garden of dreams
In the silence of her studio, she enters a world where reality no longer exists to tell us the story of a dream.
While each painting is a generous abundance of organic motifs and symbolic elements rich in meaning, the artist makes it clear that they came to her instinctively, and that her work is above all the viewer’s secret garden.
Organic motifs
Each ‘Garden of Dreams’ evokes a lush garden, populated by exotic ferns, palm leaves, hibiscus and lilies, where dragonflies, bees and Cox-inelles twirl in a daydream.
Symbolic elements
Symbolic elements carry meaning and reappear throughout each canvas, acting as the artistic signature of this Garden of Dreams series. Their presence lends depth to the work, while maintaining that touch of humour and casualness inherent in Cox’s universe.
Strawberries, the beating hearts of the canvases, symbolise love and life. Their number varies from work to work, but they are never alone. The Strawberries of the Heart infuse the painting with a feeling of intense life, perpetual movement and positive energy. They embody the sweetness of love, the deliciousness of a marshmallow strawberry, the taste of innocence. Shouldn’t love in a garden of dreams be child’s play?
The Barb’Happy, little crowned characters, also populate these canvases, where they are the guardians of happiness. They are a light-hearted reminder that we are all sovereigns of our own lives. We wear the crown of our lives, shaped by our decisions and our dreams; true success being none other than the quest for happiness.
The Eyes of Daydreams, with their long, colourful eyelashes, are subconsciously inspired by representations of the Egyptian eye. They represent protection and watch over this enchanted garden. For the artist, they are above all the subtle connection between the waking world and the world of dreams painted in the work. These eyes, full of colour and life, seem to invite viewers to lose themselves in this passage between two realities, offering a gateway to an imaginary universe. Surely this is the artist’s protective wink to each and every visitor to her pictorial garden?
Garden of dreams & Plexi
A plexiglass frame (on request only) further reinforces the bright and joyful Pop side of the Garden of Dreams.
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Harmony of life
In contrast to the sparkling effervescence of the « Garden of dreams », the theme «Harmony of life» is an abstract representation of the search for harmony that leads to beauty and balance.
Luxury, calmness and voluptuousness fill sensual and docile shapes, which intertwine and dance on the canvas in a rhythmic and joyful choreography that captivates the viewer.
If intuition leads this dance, his hand is guided by absolute concentration to obtain a precise and perfectly smooth line. Barbara paints each shape directly onto the canvas. The sketch comes alive when she fills it with color, the patterns swinging casually before our eyes reminding us that with Cox, even harmony has a sense of humor.
