L’essence de Paris (BB) 🔴

“L’essence de Paris (BB)”

140 x 120 cm
Acrylics and red wine with Saint-Tropez beach sand on canvas

An intricate tribute to the Paris of another era with the iconic Brigitte Bardot.
The city of love, elegance and beauty. Reminiscent of the days when Hemingway, Picasso and later Brigitte Bardot made Paris their home and muse.

Forever my muse; Brigitte Bardot, an icon of French femininity and timeless elegance. Captured in an intimate moment on a Parisian balcony, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance, her Figaro newspaper, a glass of wine and a mirror reflecting her beauty.

“Joie de vivre.”
With real red wine incorporated into the paint, I wanted to preserve a little of that spirit forever on canvas.
Image does not exist, is an self sketched creation of Montana that combines her admiration for Brigitte Bardot and her love for Paris.

This work is a unique, one-of-one painting by Montana Engels, created entirely through her signature hand-painted stripe technique. Through carefully painted lines, the image appears abstract up close and gradually resolves into detail as the viewer steps back.