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Silk & Clay from TinouKuma

Tinou always used her hands and imagination to produce odds and ends she might need as well as creative works.

A gift for drawing since her childhood makes her bringing to life whatever sketch she is doing.

In 1994, she discovers silk painting with a friend of hers. Taking it first as an amusement, she literally falls in love with the sensuality of the material and its inherent quality of spreading colours.

She never stopped painting since then, using the gutta-percha as a pencil (directly on “free silk” so that it keeps its “diffusing” properties), mixing fundamental colours and diluting them to obtain up to 30 to 50 different shades for some of her paintings.

Various subjects have inspired her in but Africa is her main theme, portraying sometimes in such a zoomed way that some people have to guess what it’s referring to.

Movement, expression and warm shades are the most present characteristics of her work and the emotion passed on to the public is her “spiritual food” as she states it herself.

Though having already carved various objects out of wood, it is only in 2005 that Tinou begins to sculpt out of clay… a way of giving substance to her paintings…

Another enthusiastic experience for her has been the creation of specific paintings for wine labels based on mythology explanations for both Hécate and Erigone, two Madiran’s (red wine from Southwest of France) from the Domaine Laffont. What’s more pleasant than a nice bottle of wine on the table together with cheerful company?

Africa Doudou

Watercolor on silk
50/100 cm

Baiser bleu

Watercolor on silk
50/70 cm

Dans l'Ombre

Watercolor on silk
50/70 cm

Elephant

Watercolor on silk
50/100 cm

Hilare

Clay

Regard

Watercolor on silk
50/70 cm

Un peu ...

Watercolor on silk
50/50 cm

Beaucoup ...

Watercolor on silk
50/50 cm

Passionnément

Watercolor on silk
50/50 cm

Kako

Mixed on canvas
50/50 cm

Papillon

2009
Mixed on canvas
50/50 cm