Love art? Like art? Think it's just okay? No matter what your stance - you will be amazed by this...

I sure am. I don't feature that much fine art. I studied sculpture for two years in college and especially loved working in wood. This series leaves me speechless. The creation of Bonsoir Paris, the "Duramen"(heartwood) series was "Born of a simple impulse, the one to break with conventional ways of exhibiting, BONSOIR PARIS and its team have imagined a series of frames so strongly mistreated that they have become unrecognizable. Their wish is to break the properties of the compound, a form of compromise as minimal and it is efficient."

This piece is my favorite.  The contrast of the chocolate-like wood and the white gallery wall is particularly striking. It's hand-carved Glossy Wenge wood.

The piece below is polished oak and sanded fir

A front and side sketch of the carving above, which is constructed of polished linden on hammered pear

Detail

A look at the making of.

Read/See more on BehanceVisit the artist's official site at Bonsoir Paris

What do you think?

Do you have trouble picking out art?

You aren't alone - a lot of people struggle with it. I majored in illustration in college and I'm still intimidated by galleries? Well, I was just introduced to ArtQuiver and they have a fun little quiz where you rate paintings, take a short personality quiz, compare paintings, and then they try to guess what you'd like. When you've finished the quiz they show you art from their selection that you might like.

Here's what they picked for me -


A close up to get the detail of the work below
Liz Wallen


John Westmark




These pieces by Greg Minah are my favorites.

And some good news - art always appreciates in value!

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