JULES DE BALINCOURT

Jules de Balincourt’s paintings are states of mind rather than descriptions of reality. In this new body of work, the Brooklyn-based artist continues his exploration of painting as an intuitive process, resulting in fantasy-like worlds in which landscapes and seascapes interplay with more abstract works.

In de Balincourt’s paintings land and sea become sites of possibility and escape, while also containing elements of mysterious unease.Rather than rely on sketch, photography, or direct reference, the artist’s process initially involves him building up many translucent layers of paint, working from abstraction into a figurative depiction. In these ambiguous, evocative spaces, where figures seem to be in perpetual motion, one senses the movement of an ever-changing, volatile world. At times, landscapes and figures start to break down into more abstract imagery, retaining figurative elements that allude to meditation or escape from our reality. Often, large and small paintings co-exist, sometimes arranged in a salon-style installation, leaving the viewer to free-associate between the images on view.