STRUCTURES IN GREY

2024

50 x 50 x 4 cm

Acrylic/mixed media on canvas

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When traveling in Italy Léonce visited the Hermitage of Santa Catarina del Sasso, a Roman Catholic monastery in the Province Varese at Lago Maggiore and she was impressed of the walls and fresco’s in the building. It was the inspiration of some paintings mentioned ‘Structures’.

“Structures in Grey” presents a more formal exploration of shape and structure, a near-monochromatic study that hovers between abstraction and minimalism. Léonce Lemmens’s approach here is restrained, her palette limited to shades of gray, brown, and white. This piece has a deeply architectural quality, its forms suggesting walls, arches, or perhaps ruins. The painting feels timeless, as though it were a relic unearthed from a forgotten past. The texture is rough, the brushstrokes deliberate, conveying a sense of solidity and permanence, even as the work itself remains open to interpretation.

Art Critique by Contemporary Art Collectors | November 2024