Ben J. Gross

Ladies & Gentlemen, presenting my 14th painted card in the series :
XX • LE•IUGEMENT
encre de chine & gouache sur papier aquarelle 320g
30 x 15 cm
lundi 1 septembre 2014

 

The making of LE•BATELEUR

XVIIII • LE SOLEIL
 / Indian ink & gouache on fine 320g watercolor paper / 
 / 15 x 30 cm / 
 / 7-10th August 2014 /
   It is said that one should never interrogate the Tarot on its own…

  I • LE•BATELEUR
Pen, ink & gouache on watercolor paper
15 x 30 cm
30 July 2014

90% tinker, 10% reaver and far from being simple, Le Bateleur has translated into English as The Magician. The original word…

What the hell is he building in there ?

La Placette

Rue de l'Ancienne Mairie (I used to live here)

 

Panorama of Mont Tauch

 

Rue Longue

 

Château d'Aguilar vu de Paziols

Croisée du Petit Jardin

photos by Ben J. Gross ©2014

The Star. L’Estrella. L’Etoile. LETOILLE. LESTOILLE.

Observations Etymologiques :
ESTOILLE - occitano-provençal - étoile de mer mais aussi la pupille de l’oeil.
Notons que si nous lisons les deux “L” comme “U” - “le toule” signifiera “lasource” en…

X • L'A•ROVE•DE•FORTVNE
pen, ink & gouache on watercolor paper
30 x 15 cm
19 July 2014

Big wheel keep on turning ... My collaboratrice selected the card (at "random") from the remaining Arcana, immediately after I'd finished with Justice…

VIII . LA JUSTICE
30x15cm
pen, ink & gouache on watercolor paper

The card was picked on 15th July, finished on the 18th in the early hours of the morning.  

It's one of those cards I've always been slightly worried…

VI . LAMOUREUX
15 x 30 cm.
ink & gouache on watercolor paper, 
14th July 2014
I picked the card on the 12th July. I remember painting my first "The Lovers" under the preconception that it should look like…

Pick a Card... Project begins 8th July 2014. 12 weeks to reproduce the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot de Marseille, no frills, no Chagallesque frolics. So that's 2 cards per week. Is it feasible? In contrast to my first…