Gauguin Reproductions by Richard Hart

"Coastal Landscape"

Many Artists have captivated my thinking and interest, but none so vividly and comprehensively as Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin (1848 -1903). Simply put, he was a passionate man and a gifted art creator. His hands never stopped creating. When he ran out of paint he used citrus and berry juice dyes and local earth organics as his paint. At various periods he used old sails as canvas. Remarkable!

Recreating Gauguin's art requires your hand following his on the canvas. His tracings are still very visible on most of his work. What really started my head spinning was his choices of color palette. Time has not always been good to Gauguin's art work as his paints were not always well engineered. But that is the fun part for me! In trying to look through Gauguin's eyes I have inserted more amplitude in certain spectral aspects, and conversely minimized the portions of his work I simply could not understand or replicate. In some areas, I simply did the work the way I wanted to see it.

This piece is titled "Coastal Landscape" from (2025).

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"Eu Haere Ia Oe"

"Parau Api"

As Gauguin saw his neighbors

Eu Haere Ia Oe (2024) and Parau Api (2025). I think Gauguin was fascinated by the way his neighbors interacted with their environment. Living in the tropics can do that to you. I'd like to think Gauguin saw the beauty in their daily lives. Their mannerisms. Their deep connection to the land and to the sea.

"Haere Pape"

"Cavalier Devant la Case"

Landscapes and Seascapes

I do hear one obeservation repeatedly in my Gauguin reproduction work, and I think it is a fair criticism; I won't leave an unhappy or unfinished face alone. My guess is that Gauguin was deeply interested in the psychological depth of his subjects, but when they were not central to his theme, he tended to painted "past" them. In essence they became a place holder person or object. My priorities and preferences are different. Plus, I don't have to make my own paint.

Haere Pape (2025) and Cavalier Devant la Case from (2025).