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About Labrona:
Even in montreal’s deepest winter, rusting freight trains are Labrona’s surface of choice. When painting a train, he never brings along any sketches; instead, a composition will come to mind on the walk to the train yard. Sometime he brings a photo as a reference but he always draws rough lines first, which then evolve into the final oil stick drawing. His drawings on trains are kind of a sketch, he feels, and he refers to his photo album of freight train paintings like a sketchbook.
Classic themes reoccur in Labrona’s work, including human behavior and good-versus-evil power struggles: ‘Painting is my language, so it’s really hard to put into words. I let the work tell the story.’
text by Tristan Manco
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this work is inspiring. beautiful faces, brilliant use of color. makes me want to pick up those dusty brushes and paint again.
Comment by Jules — December 21, 2009
i <3 it
Comment by tina — December 20, 2009
great art fantastic work
Comment by katie — December 20, 2009
every time you look at it you see something new!
Comment by no — December 20, 2009
I love this! But you can’t tell from these images that they were painted on a train so there’s no sense of scale. Are there images of the whole “canvas?”
Comment by steve d — December 20, 2009
Looking at Labrona’s other work i would say that i love all of it. Amazing artist. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Comment by Marisol — December 20, 2009
Amzing, the combination of mixed emotions added a great feel to the work and put a lot more thought into it.
Comment by cassidy — December 20, 2009
Labrona’s work has basically a modern litugical feel. Wonderful choice of colors.
Comment by Laura — December 20, 2009
I love the social commentary this makes.
Comment by Linda J. — December 20, 2009
Fantastic!!!! and relieving to see an artist reinvent his/herself.
Even though, I’m more fond of his earlier work yet still quite cool.
Comment by randolph lautsch — December 20, 2009