Empreintes 2017, Philippe Caron

Screen-printed by hand in Paris.

Measures:26.5″W x 34″H

Philippe has drawn since he was quite young, always attracted by the shapes of nature and the physicality of the act the whiteness of paper, fluidity of oil paint, the smell of turpentine. Carons career in illustration following his years of study in Paris at the Estienne School of Art and the book industry offering a proving ground for graphic experiments.

His illustrations have been featured widely in Marie-Claire, Vogue, New York Times, Esquire, Harpers and used in fashion and commercial editorial projects including Chanel, Herms, and Louis Vuitton.

Caron has taught for over twenty years at the cole Nationale Suprieure des Arts Dcoratifs, the Manufacture des Gobelins and the Studio Berot.

His current pieces on display at Nickey Kehoe are an expression of Carons various explorations in form, line, gesture, composition and color inspired by nature and many years of improvisation.