CONTEMPORARY ART : The painter Jean-Jacques Pigeon (Work in progress)

[@Janettemay64]

Very kool, Damn I hope that house isn't a rental

[@grittykitty50]

yes, i wondered what type of floor he has that allows him to splash various liquids around like that. guess i'll have to add that feature to my studio wish list.

[@adamsapple7193]

It’s a professional artist studio.

[@alexafabulouso]

hehehehe

[@nizamzam4363]

L

[@katschmidt1540]

jokes on us, adds property value to the rental.

[@christineclaes1]

I am a painter and I admit that artists don't always know when to stop. This should have been 4 different paintings!

[@vjhreeves]

I am an abstract artist too...the struggle is 100% real!

[@MelvinMartin-w1e]

He paints as a blind man in the dark. It oscillates from commercial to semi-fine art to oh hell.

[@thalaagdal2457]

Quel courage de détruire un travail qui me paraissais splendidement fini.... Mais plus il avançait plus j'en admirait la nouvelle version. Comme quoi un tableau n'est jamais fini. Merci pour cette belle démonstration.

[@susanbartlett5932]

Great show. People sometimes don’t realise the fight behind it. And some works may never have a happy ending......

[@林美麗-k9c]

每一個創作者的執著，透過歷程的詮釋，幻滅，再生，崩解，轉化，留下的作品，是個人與自然的對話，生命風格極緻之美，繼續創作的活水源頭，真，善，美。

[@mihelicalain]

Le nombre de commentaires prouve que l experience est captivante. Merci pour cette video tournee comme un thriller a rebondissement ! C est vrai que nous sommes au passage gratifies de quelques 5 tableaux splendides, qu on aurait aime tous conserver. Bravo l artiste !

[@sylvianegiuga175]

Merci pr ce panorama gigantesque et émouvant toutes ces palettes de génie en couleur comme en sensations en apposés. Merci pr votre emouvance, votre mouvance, votre esprit, votre âme votre génie qui me bousculent et me ravissent à tour de rôle. À bientôt

[@gwenbardon6025]

Loved watching this. It isn’t finished and he knows that. Most paintings go from good to bad to good to bad and many stages before being great.

[@eshulade6292]

I know that feeling! Excellent work. Bravo

[@VeryMerryLou]

8 years after this video was uploaded I got to watch this... I am not an artist myself but I truly love painting. Having seen the whole video, I felt I have seen four seasons in 13 minutes and the cycle begins again. I don't know what the artist tried to convey here but, it seems to me that this is literally and figuratively, A Work In Progress.

[@florencehenry202]

Merci de nous faire connaître une partie de l'univers de Jean-Jacques PIGEON, peintre très talentueux. J'aime beaucoup la toile jusqu'à la minute 5'11 environ ensuite c'est le coup de pinceau de trop (ce n'est que mon avis). La subtilité de l'or qui se marie avec le rouge, rose, prune fait très textile. Je suis consciente que le travail du peintre est fait de tâtonnement.

[@DanielCrossan]

It is quite beautiful to see this process. To see his relaxed smile as he sits down to look at it. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@ShinobitheCat]

Truly art is an expression and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. True artist doesn’t only make beautiful things, they also make people think and talk. 🙏🏼

[@FMarko-qq4yd]

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. - Quote by Edgar Degas

[@HiddenManna2.0]

Y'all are right. He ruined it. When I "overwork" a painting..it's initial beauty is lost.

[@ronwillcox8735]

its easy to quote something profound someone else has said but difficult to come up with something original I hope he keeps his day job....flying about Paris, crapping on American tourists.....

[@lisalovelylpa]

Ron Willcox Easy also to say something negative lol

[@lisalovelylpa]

F. Marko Lot of truth in that quote. I like Degas.

[@misterlibra1675]

STRATEGIC THOUGHT well, at least he enjoys it and feels satisfied. 😁

[@creativecompanion]

I love seeing this process. I love Feeling the process of making something that no one else can fully experience the way I do. It is amusing that people may call it this or that, or like it or not like it, or perceive it as one thing or another. The process of art is as personal to me as my private thoughts. My very own. Untouchable by the outside world. This is what makes it my life fuel.

[@myoldmanbaby]

You get it :)

[@MarinnaS]

So true.

[@nicktube5860]

A brave artist not afraid to change his mind, and making it up as he goes along. I guess you cant work everything out at the sketch stage with a master game plan for the large piece. Absolutley fascinating to watch.

[@chichipotter4487]

We have the same affliction - although Monsieur Pigeon is blithely unaware. I never know when to put the brushes down. I have fucked up every painting I've started lately - costing me a fortune in paint and canvas - it absolutely does my head in. This is a perfect lesson in when to STOP!

[@KayInMaine]

Every artist gets to a point in their painting when they get stuck, or they just don't like the direction the painting is going, or they just don't like the feel of it, and then they regroup and go into another direction. Thank you Jean-Jacques for reminding us all that artists are human too! The painting you ended up with is beautiful. :D

[@celsaflores7529]

I think it’s genius, the process is exemplary and the outcome became the painter’s vision.

[@amyjo2330]

The struggle is real here. As an artist I've been here. I get this so much.

[@suewalters3926]

His vision, his art. It’s process no one else should understand, all yours. Enjoyed the video. Thank you sir.

[@terryreynoldson6698]

This is how the creative process unfolds: you try stuff and sometimes it works, but often it doesn’t. Having a camera in the room while you’re working is probably a bad idea because it will usually make you self-conscious, which is the last thing that you need when you’re trying to be intuitive.

[@sda141]

Such a beautiful work of art! 🌷🌷🌷

[@mertmitm]

I love the technique he uses! Painting on the entire canvas and then completely painting over it. Many people think that it's a waste of time, but it really isn't since the first layer always shines a bit through and gives the layers above an exciting and almost transparent dynamic!

[@vjhreeves]

You are 100% right! I am an abstract artist and the pieces that I consider to be my best are the ones that have whole complete paintings underneath them.

[@asiamarie113]

I think this piece is a lot deeper and more meaningful than people are seeing. Watching the process reveals the incredible depth and it reminds me of the phases of life we all experience. There’s ugliness and there’s beauty, there’s darkness and light, there’s success and failure, there’s life and death. But ultimately, life is a gift and a beautiful thing. I love this painting.

[@annemichaut1883]

Le travail de base , fond rouge et or avec feuilles était très beau et rappelait la peinture de Matisse pour partie , Pour ma part j'ai préféré cette étape

[@winsteinprovence429]

Moi aussi et de très loin, le final est décevant !!!

[@cieux5115]

Mais quel géni ! À force d'avoir délaissé la formation technique dans les écoles artistique on voit de plus en plus émerger des génies de la création. Ça c'est de l'art contemporain ; c'est du très haut niveau ! Chapeau bas l'artiste.

[@Mollyjean2014]

I think he’s brave to put himself out there knowing he would get criticized. He is happy with it, that’s all that matters.

[@mimipin2745]

Karyn Grinstead Yes . And That painting had just been done already .. but in this film he worked on showing an artistic idea and creative effort to the audience

[@mamanps4840]

Dari Pengembaraan rasa artistik yang tak terbendung, pingin pencapaian yg tertinggi dari seorang seniman lukis yang terpuaskan oleh yg bersifat sesaat terus dan terus mencari, mengexplor dari titik rasa terpuaskan, hingga titik tertentu, bravo

[@sallylarson4599]

Most artists know when the moment comes to stop fucking with it. Not sure that happened here.

[@pamelahunt236]

I disagree, most artists DON'T know when to stop. WE have to make ourselves stop and move on-more work is waiting. We can piddle with a painting for years, as long as it is in front of us. Sometimes we go too far and go beyond the time to stop painting, we are waiting for that magic brushstroke to happen, not realizing we've already passed the magic brushstroke some time back. That doesn't mean it's a "bad" painting-just one that's been piddled with too much. But then, as artists, it's our prerogative to create as we are inclined. Some will like it, some will not! C'est la vie.

[@clintatk]

I agree more with Pamela Hunt. This is why the practice of having more than one piece in production simultaneously helps one to avoid obsessing and unplugs you for hopefully enough time to reassess with fresher eyes.

[@debomoskowitz7739]

OMG. I have his disease when it comes to overdoing shit! I don’t know when to stop! It’s a real sickness! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@francoisbernstein581]

@@pamelahunt236 bull shit, it's a piece of shit that's all

[@beatricegreen1113]

@@pamelahunt236 CARRIED THIS ONE A LITTLE TO FAR. stop while ur ahead...

[@dsynow6242]

Très belle vidéo et super processus de création Merci pour ce partage !!

[@perlakopeloff]

The art is not just in the painting , the art is in the making the decision when to stop or when the painting does not need you any more.

[@gailhunda8477]

This is some kind of story from the beginning.. its beautiful.. all the stages of the painting are simply stunning. I bet all those with negative comments can't do this After all, its about passion... you tell your own story and not how someone wants you to tell it

[@FTStratLP]

I wonder how many of you watched this video until the VERY end, i.e until AFTER the closing credits, because only then the final vesion was shown. BTW phnatastic piece of art and a great video. Thank you so much.

[@animystmmo8106]

all the upvotes are needed here. the final result is actually gorgeous compared the the draft we saw before the credits.

[@dolores2716]

Thank you! I had stopped it during the credits. Big difference, although I liked it before the very end, too. I am a little surprised by all the negativity in the comments here.

[@christopherfarrell-artist3557]

I knew it was not going to work when the black and white paint went on. The painting was quite sophisticated up until then - as an artist, I know the feeling, we have all been there trying to bring it back.

[@vjhreeves]

Yep. We all have those paintings we wish we had stopped sooner on. And we all have those paintings that we reworked months or years later and made 10x better. This is why I take lots of pics during the development.

[@lisengel2498]

Wonderfull painting - i really liked all part of the process that changed radically from the red first part into the very Black and more mysterious vision of transparent darkness with glimpses of light - Thank you so much for sharing this fun and playfull and magic creative process - so joyfull to watch

[@mellowmoon8647]

Wonderful! Beautiful! Unique!Holic!☕🍂🍂🍂

[@joanbonetti7423]

Amazing to watch his process. The courage it takes to paint over and over is inspiring.

[@tonymckenzie3091]

so good to see this process....and I believe that this was still not the finished work !

[@fatimatahir5553]

I'm spellbounded by how beautiful the process of this painting was from the start to the very end

[@owohgeorge2474]

An extraordinary artist.I'm simply inspired.Many thanks for sharing your immense talent.

[@dannylowe8932]

I love the physical space you work in, I would love to have such an environment in which to work. I like your act and way you went about working on your canvas I'm inspired.

[@KimberleeMelissa]

Yes, me too! Now I want to pull up my carpets and do that paper bag floor so I can have a place to actually create without worrying about the floor. That is so brilliant how he lives with his art... huge art! omg

[@BintonSukses]

👍👍❤i love seeing this process.nice

[@wiam4025]

J’ai beaucoup aimé la dualité entre la technique et le beau, le vide et le plein, peinture décorative vs peinture expressive. À quelle moment doit-on s’arrêter? La question que se pose tout artiste qui créer. La peinture était belle au 10 jr. J’aurai été déçue si c’était le résultats final. Bravo !

[@reuillarderic6148]

Merveilleux! À bientôt j’espère !

[@lindaschwartz1272]

Beautiful, genius artist. I love it, and am inspired by him.

[@nancylamott8088]

Absolutely exquisite and an inspiration to me as I love leads, nature, and randomness. Incredible!!!

[@MarinnaS]

Loved the outcome! The process was beautiful to watch.

[@thomasfleurydessinateurgra9076]

Un travail très réfléchi et de belles couleurs

[@pierrefourie5753]

Enjoyed the few days journey with the artist. His creative flair and energy is contagious.

[@drissfarid3267]

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[@PaulDuplan]

Superbe. Merci pour le partage. Ceux à qui ça ne plaît pas : vous n'avez qu'à peindre ce qui vous plaît...

[@abbyzain3232]

I respect his decisions as an artist to explore this journey, he has every right to express himself as Only he knows best for his art....tq for sharing ....

[@josephtermeer5196]

Manet was accused of creating Olympia with a scrubbing brush. You took this to a whole new level! while im poking humor at this because of the broom, it inspiring to watch this painting develope. its difficult to me to create in this manner, i restrain myself from this kind of freedom. Too many fears from voices of past conversations. thank you for sharing!

[@isabs8616]

I love this artist , the first step was so beautiful. an artist has his time life to learn the right moment to leave it alone

[@relicariocuriosocarlavivia6429]

Pigeon revela nessa obra, quatro momentos de sua emocao: Uma paixão pura e leve A decepção A solitude A beleza de um novo sentimento alegre. Também descrito por mim como as quatro estações. Um ponto de vista apenas. Parabéns pela superação, Pigeon Bravissimo!!

[@javajules]

This was very enjoyable! Loved his creative process, his final masterpiece, and the music that carried us through the whole endeaver.

[@MACTRUQUE]

It's refreshing to see an artist this invested in being being completely lost.

[@hatran83]

What's a beautiful video ! I don't say I love the final work because everyone has a different way to look at art . But anyone who paints would understand It takes a lot to create a painting and it's not always go smoothly during the progress.

[@deepakmohnani3409]

nnn

[@yuxiliu8594]

yes

[@ismailsadeghzadehmonfared9411]

@@yuxiliu8594 f R Fz

[@waltervanni2620]

Ottimi lavoro di ricerca ,telai stupendi e misure grandi che producono altri ambiti di ricerca pittorica artistica.

[@Sl-0003-q7e]

ALL ART IS SUBJECTIVE, Haters. PERIOD. good work sir. That's some patience!

[@jonathansuit9908]

This is a beautiful portrait of a painter painting. It's really a testament to his knowledge and experience when he makes that jump from procedure to the unknown. For some painters this is what it's all about. I don't know what art is but I sense that it's something like this.

[@Dwarkle]

Everyone asserting he should have stopped at 5:00 has a good eye for hotel art.

[@bunnypong64]

Is that hotel with free breakfast? Lol

[@jjolifine]

😱 That just reminded me of the horrifying “art”, “decorations” (???) in the last non-luxury hotel room I stayed in. It was a room with 2 queen beds next to each other and over each was an identical framed lenticular view of a landscape which changed through all 4 seasons as one viewed it while walking by. Plastic lenticular postcards can be fun, but this just convinced me that I was either in a haunted hotel or a murder hotel. It didn’t help that I checked in at night and on my way to the elevator there was a very long hallway with no lights on whatsoever. If I had seen twins at any point during my stay, I would probably have packed up and slept in my car.

[@Dwarkle]

@Michael Jones The artist clearly doesn't think it's right either. I don't believe he stopped there. The video is about process, and where it went is sure a more interesting journey than if he'd stopped at that bland mass production buy-a-print-at-Sears stage.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Are you saying he is a not a real painter but a lobby hobbyist?

[@MURARI-xu8jj]

Why is a painting in a hotel lobby inferior? But seriously he should have stopped at good hotel art on day 10..

[@Kiery112]

I can relate to this man's process. Thank you for showing us some vulnerability within your artistic process.

[@grittykitty50]

kiera evangelist - the most intelligent and sensitive comment in this thread.

[@mariejacqhowe8539]

the comments are mean spirited and disrespectful. He's pleased and that is what matters most. I admire his work.

[@c.retana-holguin8318]

When the painting was just red, I thought he had finished. Then he reworks it again, and then decides to bleach out the black and repaint again. Wow! Fantastic work Monsier Pigeon.

[@theartandmusiccup4768]

I actually find that the painting was exquisite when it was finished had my doubts at about 9:35 but after that I realized that as an artist he knows when to stop and when to keep going. You need to trust the artist. It's true he did do a really good painting at about 4:21 but it was very dull he gave it more life. Just my opinion.

[@vjhreeves]

As an abstract artist, I can tell you that VERY often we have no idea when to stop and all of us have pieces we wish we had saved by stopping sooner.

[@suzannedesylva3805]

This is the best art video in the whole world. I hope you will make another similar video.

[@luminor0077]

Legend has it that this painting is still in progress.

[@nsr5961]

luminor007 people say there is no skill involved in abstract but I say to them quite the contrary it requires skills, talent and precision in many ways. Abstract convey feelings and thoughts and are like an open book about the artist.

[@AshishSingh-rb8kv]

lol

[@anonocomment]

@@nsr5961 I think this is why I stopped painting or producing any art, really. I wanted to hide myself once I realised I was showing my secrets to the world. I have had a tough life so please be kind in judging my feelings to hide. I have gotten as far as painting the gesso on a canvas this week. After 20 years of not working. I LOVED the work at 6 minutes in. I learned some technique in this video.

[@jmontgomery1178]

@@anonocomment Hahaha! Never give up the relentless baring of your soul!

[@Itraveltofart]

Lmao

[@jjolifine]

There were 3-5 very interesting paintings here. If only he had been working on more canvases (in a bigger room)! I’m glad I got to see them all.

[@AsiyaBajwa]

Lovely painting! Thank you for sharing the process. Your layering created lot of depth in end result. BTW the paintings on wall are stunning!

[@suehamill9147]

What a pleasure to watch this unfold. Exciting! Fun! Love the outcome.

[@lauralunaazul]

He was happy at the end, love his face. Love the process.

[@Tanya_Firn]

Jean-Jacques, мне очень понравилось, смотрела с интересом! C'est un très beau tableau! Tanya Firn

[@hellohello2711]

It's 8 years later, he still hasn't finished yet???????

[@LeNGUYENHUNG]

Tuyệt vời, bức tranh dẫn đắt từ cảm xúc hụt hẫng, đến vỡ òa trong rực rỡ.. xuất sắc.

[@chari.lakshmi.iyengariyeng4074]

Nice to watch liked the way he smiled in the end when he really likes it.Artist should first like what he does. Good work comes in the end.

[@lynnralph8373]

Such a beautiful painting.

[@engelhardtunaeb6591]

I think he should have stopped by the red, gold and black motif. or even when he did the black cloud of leaves on top!

[@youssefkoubias6135]

Engelhardt Unaeb zygomatiques,. o

[@cynthiabyers7589]

then by all means. go for it!

[@SenjuroAkechi]

That’s exactly what I thought. It was perfect at day 18. But I have had this problem as well, when an artist chases an ever changing vision of perfection. At a certain point it’s time to move on to the next canvas.

[@ronwillcox8735]

He should never have started

[@elizabethaspinall6967]

So great to see this process, thank you for sharing. I’d love to know a bit more about what paint is being used? Love the way he goes back to drawing and reference material - but then moves on.

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

He’s clearly confused and he confused me too

[@-fiona-583]

An excellent development. Loving it!

[@renatohugoviloriagonzalez4881]

To paint with freedom is a Privilege don´t matter how much talent it have. The important is to play with the colors. Tomorrow I might to be dead. Pigeon good worker.

[@myoldmanbaby]

Exactly. :)

[@allaboutmyart5706]

I think it's remarkable the way everyone here goes into the studio and paints an endless stream of masterpieces. I was carrying a 30" x 30" in each hand one night. The one on the left was light as a feather. The one held by my right hand was probably ten times heavier. I got what I didn't know I wanted right away with one. The other one had about nine bad paintings under the one that FINALLY worked. Art is hard. You can prepare all you want but once you start you're guaranteed NOTHING. THAT is what this video demonstrates. Most paintings are f*ck ups. F*cking up is how you learn. Honestly, what a precious lot you are with your judgements. Let's see you popping out all YOUR brilliant masterpieces. You know, the same stuff you've produced for 20 years because you never take the kind of risks you criticize here.

[@Illustrationstutorial]

Un massacre à la fin, je préfère le début, faut savoir s'"arrêter!

[@pixielightshadow]

Oui.

[@josianelizot3462]

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[@josianelizot3462]

tellement beau avant et cette guirlande de fleurs qui gâche tout, bien que je sache que l'art en matière de peinture est subjectif et je respecte

[@patriziaarroyo5976]

I thought the same

[@ghanimaabderrazzak1022]

Voua avez parfaitement raison, le travail était raffiné au début mais rapidement transformé en catastrophe. Comme vous l'avez si bien dit il fallait savoir quand s'arrêter.

[@Sofia-nz9lp]

Nice. I love the finished work!

[@thomasswedberg5303]

I agree with Sally............ He had a great painting and ended up with garbage because he just couldn't stop!

[@lisalovelylpa]

I liked watching this , fun to see his tools for working at large scales and that big empty work space. It’s really scary deciding to move on in a painting and cover up primitive surfaces but it’s how paintings evolve it’s how life progresses.

[@SometimeAgo65]

He painted what he wanted to see..brilliant 💙

[@KokiKokimemon]

❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊 now celebrate and chill it is a very massive painting with exactly how you wanted us to be with this magical and eye catching journey of urs 😊😊😊😊😊 best of luck

[@susyladeba]

I loved his whole process, i loved his final painting. Lots of freedom and creativity. Not necessarily a pretty understandable picture is art.

[@annicorley3634]

What I love about the painting is the various layers. At one point, there's a view of the side of the painting. I thought the visibility of the process was pretty cool.

[@DaniaW-t2n]

I think he nailed it. Someone once said “there’s Art and there isn’t “

[@waltervanni2620]

Ottimo lavoro di partoriente l'estro del artista che prosegue la sua via di creatività interiore che man mano l'opera genera il frutto maturo della pulsione astratto creativa in cui l'artista ne è matrice che ricerca un evidente sviluppo floriscente che tutti noi artisti chiamiamo Arte

[@2209009pm]

I put a lot of work into my paintings and still, it's tough to find buyers. When I see someone able to sell their drop cloths it bothers me.

[@sweetboo1022]

preach!

[@dougg1075]

LMAO! So true. I think people like stuff that’s colorful and looks good at a great distance. Detailed landscapes and portraits are out, you gotta find a niche.

[@curlypuff]

Maybe dont focus so much on what other artists are doing then

[@johnnytocino9313]

It depends on what your stuff looks likes. Is it naturalism? Abstract?

[@legendrebernard2549]

Passionnant merci à vous, au peintre :) :)

[@andrejacobs6087]

process can be everything - its wow

[@waltersalley7781]

the essence of art. Ever-changing. Very interesting video. A classic actually. Love the view at 13:25.

[@zoetsolaki]

This is literally me with every piece of artwork I've ever produced.

[@ericswain4177]

LMAO but you will never make it if you don't brand yourself.

[@DanaMariedotorg]

Merci for the intimate visit to his charming atelier

[@identification133]

I liked the gold leafs with red background it looked like abstract.