Mishael Coggeshall-Burr
Quai Voltaire, 2024
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 in. (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
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Midday along the Seine, the light filters through the dappled leaves of the trees along the quai, and the figures seen through a blurred lens could be a moment from...
Midday along the Seine, the light filters through the dappled leaves of the trees along the quai, and the figures seen through a blurred lens could be a moment from 100 years ago, dresses flashing, the gentle murmur of city noon all around. For me, the balance and play of light in this painting conveys a moment of slow, deliberate, savoured walking in Paris.