Christine Laverne - Georges Bronner
The passion of watercolor at the service of geology
Mushrooms, with their infinitely varied shapes and colors, are perfect subjects for quick watercolor portraits, as they are fragile and ephemeral. Their diversity is illustrated here by a few specimens collected at random. This gallery is not a scientific catalog and may contain inaccuracies. Do not consume the... Read more...
The desert, a two-dimensional universe, transforms a modest hill into a mountain that captivates the eye. Brutal dawn, a day crushed by light, an ephemeral twilight, the geologist's day leaves little room for contemplation. When the shadows lengthen and the landscape takes on color, the paintbrush prepares to replace the... Read more...
Summer and winter alike, the mountains offer a multitude of paintings with infinitely varying shapes and colors. Capturing their fleeting existence in watercolor runs the risk of the paper drying too quickly, too slowly, frosting over, becoming dusty, or sometimes flying away... But what a pleasure to paint on the spot whatever the season and... Read more...
Across the elegant curve of the Col des Montets, Vallorcine (Valley of the Bears) looks out from afar to the imposing peaks of the Mont Blanc massif. This small village is nestled against the colorful peaks of the Aiguilles Rouges, on which lie the sediments where dinosaurs left their footprints.
The Aiguille du Chardonnet is not a small thistle, but rather a flamboyant Gothic tower. It stands out in the part of the massif shared by Switzerland, Italy, and France. It opens the view of the three glaciers surrounding the Aiguille du Tour. The massif is open on all sides, offering a wide variety of lighting.
The Aiguille Verte and Les Drus, the Aiguilles de Chamonix, Mont Blanc and its glaciers, create a succession of varied sculptures. Depending on the season, the time of day, or the weather, they take on color, light up, or go out, offering shapes carved with a chisel or finely polished. A living mountain.
This gallery does not present watercolors, but the exhibition Autour du galet, created in 2008 in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure (Drôme des collines) at the initiative of Georges Bronner and the association Autour du galet Galaure. Recognized by the label of the International Year of Planet Earth, this exhibition presents the pebble successively from the geological, prehistoric, architectural, artistic, cultural, … Read more…
Following the example of the tradition of naturalist painters, the material is offered and seduces with its infinite diversity of shapes and colors.
Always moving and eternally changing, the sea captivates the eye and challenges the brush. This view of the Gulf of Ajaccio is just one of forty watercolors created at sunrise, from the same vantage point, over the days and years...
Witnesses to the evolution of life, to the infinite variety of forms, most of which have disappeared, but which are miraculously preserved after millions of years.