Barbara’s art
Le surréalisme pop de Cox
«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.»
Une signature artistique reconnaissable au premier coup d’œil.
Un style unique qui surfe sur la palette chromatique du Pop Art pour s’approprier un nouveau surréalisme ultra contemporain.
Un univers onirique, enchanteur et désinvolte.
Chaque œuvre est une invitation au voyage dans le monde mystérieux des rêves. L’artiste tisse une toile abstraite d’enchantement et de libération de l’imagination où la couleur raconte à chacun sa propre histoire.
La couleur est libre, vive, joyeuse, sans nuance, elle gambade sur la toile pleine d’énergie et et sort du cadre, éprise de liberté.
Le relief s’invite comme la cerise sur le gâteau donnant au spectateur l’irrésistible envie de toucher.
La seule chose sérieuse dans l’œuvre de Barbara Cox, c’est la résolution de ne pas se prendre au sérieux !
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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.
