Eric Fontaine

It has been said that the hand is an extension of the heart and body of an artist who paints, and looking at his work, this definition could not be more appropriate. Eric Roux-Fontaine moves through his painting the same way he moves through the jungle: feeling his way, step by step, gesture by gesture. He says that artists should grind up the world and incorporate it into their paintings. Eric Roux-Fontaine's paintings defy reduction to a single meaning. This multiplicity of interpretations (as many as there are viewers) generates exquisite emotion, reaching the viewer as the artist intended. His paintings become a portal to an inner geography, a cartography of the intimate, a treasure map that leads to the prize of full and complete acceptance of the mystery of the world. There is no doubt that if Rudyard Kipling, Blaise Cendrars and Jack London had been painters, their works would be very similar to those of Eric Roux-Fontaine. He and his fellow travelers share the same destination: they walk together toward the light.

"Painting is about allowing yourself to be carried along by a river without knowing where it will lead." - Eric Roux Fontaine