When we were on Royal street, we visited many art galleries and I fell in love with so many pieces. The art I loved the most was colorful and vibrant. It has many textures and layers to it and was abstract in its style. A lot of my favorite pieces were made on canvas and were made using oil paint. The oil paint was put on in many layers and If you could imagine touching it you would feel bumps and many layers. I did not touch it but that’s how I would describe it. It looked 3D and was popping off the canvas. The colors were amazing in many of the paintings as the artist used many different hues and contrasts. The paintings were bright and cheerful and made you smile when you were looking at them. Another type of art that I saw a lot of was street artist all around the city. In Jackson square you could look in any direction and see street performers, musicians, painters, and artists. The artist would have their drawings, paintings and works of art hanging from the gates that enclosed Jackson square. each artist had their own section of fence and would use it to display their works. You could see anything from pet portraits to pictures of famous places around the city. Some art was all black and white and others were vibrant with many colors. Many of the artist would be setup performing live art and would paint or draw you or create something unique that you would want. Every artist had their own style and you could see everything from modern to contemporary to pop art. There was sculptures and photography all lining the fence and it changed daily. The colors, textures, and sights that you see coming from these artist are one of a kind and something that I will miss seeing.
Inner Journey
Nicole Sebille France's most important living landscape painter and Isabelle Dupuy Frances contemporary landscape artist were two of my favorite artists on royal street. Isabelle Dupuy who makes her work come to life on the canvas was something I have never seen before. Her work was 3D and popped off of the canvas. Most of work was nature related like trees and landscapes and felt more modern to me. Nicole Sebilles art was made using a lot of poppy flowers and living landscapes. Both of these artist was featured in one of the galleries we visited but were not actually there.I was not allowed to take any pictures of their work but wish I could have showed it to you. I guess this is another reason for you to visit NOLA. I think what drew me most to these two artists’ works were the colors and the nature used to inspire their works of art. I love nature and the outdoors so seeing it used in their painting really drew me in. Their work was colorful, and you could spend hours looking at the details and it spoke to me out of sheer beauty. One other artist that I really enjoyed was a local street artist in Jackson square. He drew his work with black pens and markers and was more of a sketch artist. His work was all different and each picture was unique. He had some sketches with animals, some with places from around the city and some with modern things like eyes and whimsical creatures. I think that it was so fascinating to see how different artists created their work but a lot of it was so similar in what they were painting. A lot of art used places around New Orleans like the St. Louis Cathedral as inspiration yet they came out so different. The following pictures were just some of the beautiful works that you could see on Royal street.
