Painter Eric Bourdon alias Swan at the Sailly gallery
A definitely very creative young man | Eric Bourdon
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First solo exhibition of the French artist painter Eric Bourdon, at the Galerie Sailly in May 2000. "A definitely very creative young man", an article by La Voix du Nord in Villeneuve d'Ascq. Eric Swan / Swanko is tackling his more personal period : a tangle of small patterns with bright oil colors or with acrylic painting. He also published a book about artistic creation. A second book must follow. Here is definitely a very creative young man !
Article in La Voix du Nord (May 17, 2000) - Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Paintings by Swan* at the Sailly gallery
A DEFINITELY VERY CREATIVE YOUNG MAN
After his Miró period and his Picasso period - the Spanish masters that he admires the most, whithout forgetting Dalí - Swan is tackling his more personal period : a tangle of small varied and figurative patterns, covering all the canvas, with bright oil colors or, less toxic, according to him, and drying faster, with acrylic painting.
"I draw with a pencil, first, starting at the top left and finishing at the bottom right. The color comes later," explains Eric Bourdon (alias Swan) […] He discovered painting two years ago. It quickly became a vital need ! And he intends to make it his profession by moving to Paris.
[...] the artist, who does not run after only one hare, since he also published a book, Hors-Sujets (Editions Sils-Maria), on the topic of artistic creation. A second book must follow. Here is definitely a very creative young man !
* In 2000 I had taken the pseudonym 'Eric Swan', which I used for this first exhibition and to sign several paintings (I almost never signed my pre-Swan creations). As I spent the summer prospecting Parisian galleries, and not owning an umbrella, a terrible storm broke out while I was visiting one after the other the very chic galleries on Avenue Matignon. The manager of the gallery I was entering as wet as if I had just come out of a swimming pool, visibly moved by my determination and not seeming to notice the puddles of water I left on the floor of his high-end art gallery, showed me the way to the restroom to dry off while he examined my works... He bought an oil painting on paper at a price that seemed enormous to me at the time, which he kindly asked me to sign : the only one I signed 'Swanko'. He didn't know it, but it was the very first sale of my life. No memory of the weather when I went out, but Paris was the most beautiful city in the world !... I no longer used a pseudonym after that day.
