Episode 90 - Charlie French

<p class="p1">SRTN welcomes Charlie French!</p> <p class="p1">“Yes, I have Down syndrome, but first I want you to see me: Charlie French. And then I want you to see my art. I am an abstract artist. I am an intuitive artist.  I embrace a blank canvas with a sense of wonder and adventure. I work hard, I keep learning but mostly I let go, be FREE and have FUN.</p> <p class="p1">Special thanks to guest co-host Karen French.</p> <p class="p1">The Questions:</p> <p class="p4">Question 5: what or who made you who you are?</p> <p class="p4">My imagination. It is always with me. It is me. And I’m a funny guy.</p> <p class="p4">Question 7: why is there something rather than nothing?</p> <p class="p4">I don’t like nothing. I like lots of somethings. And my imagination gives me lots. I happily paint on a big white canvas of nothing. My imagination creates lots of somethings! So I will keep painting!</p> <p class="p4">Question 1: were you an artist when you were born?</p> <p class="p4">yep</p> <p class="p4">Question 2: let’s chat about your artwork, your painting</p> <p class="p4">OK! My website: www.justcharliefrench.org is a portfolio of my art. This is where you can see a lot of my art. My series.</p> <p class="p4">At first these paintings were BIG. But now I paint these on fine art paper. Some days I like to be FREE when I paint, and some days I love to follow a routine.</p> <p class="p4">These paintings follow a process now: tape the paper, use titan buff and white high flow for a base coat, choose high flow colors and add with a scraper and water spray. Keep adding colors until I am happy. Let dry, and then add the black lines using my template and a bigger scraper. And that’s it. Morning in Paris. I have 10 new ones coming out this summer, and I am learning how to make prints for an on-line shop. It is not as easy as painting.</p> <p class="p4">My Instagram followers really like my Morning in Paris series. During Covid my little brother Will was staying with us. We watched a movie from when we were little