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Thomas Barbey’s Rotring Cliffs Drawings (2014)

November 5, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Our dear friend artist and gardener Thomas Barbey, based in Villerville, Normandy (France) and not to be confused to his Switzerland namesake -and artist as well-, Thomas Barbey, unfortunately does not own a website portfolio anymore. Furthermore, Vulgare.net, a wonderful archive he uses to curate on gardening works, (wittily subtitled “Gardeners of the world, unite!“) appears to be temporarily offline, as well, although you can still read a cached copy from archive.org.

And yet, lately, Thomas Barbey has been posting some of his finest drawings on his facebook page.

The seascapes (mostly cliffs, eddies and whirls), drawn with Rotring pencils, appear as painstakingly texturized images in the manner of etching artists of the past, but also echoing the style of some of Barbey’s previous graphic works (Like: ‘Mountain, 2008‘)

We are quite intrigued by the strong and timeless nature of this series, its almost romantic tones that subtly reminds of C.D.Friedrich, and, no doubt, we would like to know more about the inherent process and intentions.

 

Cick on the images to enlarge:

 

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Gouffre, 2014 (detail) Dessin, encre de chine (Rotring) sur papier bristol 160 x 90 cm

 

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GORGE ENTRE ROCHERS, 2014, Dessin au Rotring, encre de chine sur papier bristol, 40 x 30 cm

 

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Gouffre, 2014 Dessin, encre de chine (Rotring) sur papier bristol 160 x 90 cm

 

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Gouffre, 2014 Dessin, encre de chine (Rotring) sur papier bristol 160 x 90 cm

 

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La roche aux mouettes, 2014, Dessin au Rotring, encre de chine sur papier bristol, 50 x 40 cm

 

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Une vague – La Hague, 2014 Dessin au rotring, Encre de chine sur papier bristol, 180 x 110 cm

 

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Entrée de la grotte du Talud, 2014 Dessin, encre de chine (Rotring) sur papier bristol, 40 x 30 cm

 

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La grotte du diable vers la mer, 2014 Dessin, encre de chine (Rotring) sur papier bristol, 40 x 30 cm

 

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Une vague – La Hague, 2014 (Detail) Dessin au rotring, Encre de chine sur papier bristol, 180 x 110 cm

 

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Une vague – La Hague, 2014 (Detail) Dessin au rotring, Encre de chine sur papier bristol, 180 x 110 cm

 

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Une vague – La Hague, 2014 Dessin au rotring, Encre de chine sur papier bristol, 180 x 110 cm

 

All images © Thomas Barbey

 

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