MARINE CHARTS

The oldest known nautical chart dates from the end of the 13th century, but nautical charts began to appear in earnest in the 15th century. For this series, sea charts inspire freedom and escape for the artist, leading her to imagine marine animals in an artistically reinvented habitat.


Françoise Dagorn tears up the maps and rearranges them to her inspiration in order to escape into an imaginary world. She then paints the marine animal which takes a disproportionately majestic place to remind us that the ocean is its habitat and that it is the major actor of this space. The land is always present in her works but has a secondary role to remind us that the oceans cover more than 70% of the planet's surface and that they must be protected.

Memories of Oahu

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Oahu - Hawaii

40 x 40 cm

By The Way

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Porquerolles - France

50 x 50 cm

Noir Marin

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Mahé - Seychelles - Indien ocean

120 x 120 cm

Des Chagos à Madagascar

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Chagos - Madagascar - Seychelles - Mauritius island - La Réunion - Indien ocean

100 x 160 cm

Aluminimum frame

Sold

Isla Margarita

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Isla Margarita - Venezuela

80 x 80 cm

Free Wally

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Detroit of Gibraltar - Mediterranean sea

160 x 100 cm

Give Us Peace

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Golfe of Lion -  Bonifacio - Mediterranean sea

120 x 120 cm

Close to suffocation

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Corsica

120 x 120 cm


Resilience

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Hyères islands

50 x 150 cm

Sold

Te Mana Honu

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Tahiti - Moorea - French Polynesia

100 x 100 cm

Sold

Exploring the Mediterranean

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Adriatic sea

61 x 50 cm

De Puerto Rico à Trinidad

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Puerto Rico - Trinidad - Caraïbes

80 x 80 cm

Sold

Faire Face

Acrylic on canvas and marine chart collage

Barbades - St Vincent - Caraïbes

60 x 60 cm

To buy or order:

Each painting is signed and countersigned on the back. Each artwork is supplied with an invoice and a certificate of authenticity.

To buy an original artwork or a reproduction on art paper, contact the artist directly.


You can also place an order for a personalised artwork that the artist will create especially for you. The artist will propose you an artwork resulting from the crossing of your desires and her artistic inspiration.