Caresses

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• Artist : Maryse Casol
• Sennelier Oil on Cotton Canvas
• Canvas : Bambino Gianfrancesco
• 30" x 36" - 76 cm x 91 cm
• Made in Canada
• Signed Casol at the bottom right
• 2006
• Studio photo of the artwork : Daniel Charpentier

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Make your home or office legendary, buy now your Maryse Casol painting Caresses!

"Between 1991 and 1994 I must of went to Morocco, 7 or 8 times. I then went back in 1998. I first went when I used to work for Utmar Tours, and later with Accor. Morocco, is so beautiful, magical. It's as if the time stops. I drove a jeep across the country, from the North to the South, even in the desert, all the way to 40 km of the Algerian border. You have to understand that not too many women in Africa drove back then..." : Maryse Casol.

Painted by Maryse Casol in 2006, using Sennelier oil made in Paris, France at 3 Quai Voltaire facing the Louvre (painting of choice by the greatest artists since 1887, such as Degas, Cézanne and Picasso) , on a custom cotton canvas, mounted on a frame in linden wood made by Bambino Gianfrancesco, owner of Les Cadres et Moulures Majestic, one of the best Italian artisans in the world.

Graduate from the Istituto Tecnico Settore Tecnologico school in Campobasso, Mr. Bambino was also a Track and Field Champion in Europe in the 1960s before coming to Canada!

"Linden wood is the best and most solid, ordinary canvases are usually mounted on pine (lighter wood with knots, that deforms over time due to changing climatic conditions)" : Maryse Casol.

The Voyage

2013
In November 2013, the Google office in Paris contacted Maryse Casol to invite her to be part of their new Google Open Gallery, an online destination, where art fans can discover and see the works by famous artists with a new powerful zoom technology. A month later, the Caresses painting by Maryse Casol was featured at the Google Open Gallery, now known as the Google Arts and Culture Institute.

2006
2006 was a great year! Maryse Casol, challenged by her son Mickael to paint a new theme, different from her landscapes and still lives, created a new collection honouring music. In total, 5 new paintings were created, including: Melodia Gitana, Hiver à Paris, Violon Éternel, Caresses and Murmure de Cithare. The following year in 2007, Maryse Casol continued with the theme of music and produced Fado Romantique, Musique des Sphères, and Roses et Lys. All major and important pieces now of your Casol collection. Why was 2006 great to you?

1990 - 2000s
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Maryse Casol had the chance to visit many times North Africa and the Middle East for her work in tourism. Caresses is a souvenir of those voyages... It is also during those years that her passion for mysticity pulled her towards the study of the Torah.