EARLY RADIANT COLOR PROJECTS

+MARTIN SENOUR PAINT w/ EUROPEAN PIGMENT+ >became my favorite medium to create a new< >SAN SOUCI FOREST RADIANT SPIRIT+ >in ten years of intense activity< +1960 -1970+ ^^^^^^^ >our new friends the Barrangers and Lobdells were< +MIRIAM BARRANGER FOCUS+ >kind support to my VISION for radiant artistry< >they had created a small world with arts< (+LITTLE THEATRE AND+ +ARTS ASSOCIATION+) >interest in the remote SanSouci Forest< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +C. ALVIN BERTEL+ >owned the SanSouci Forest and sold a 1/2 acre< >site to us w/ beautiful magnolia & oak trees<+ >the decade of work i produced there< >prepared us for the california years< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TONIGHT’S PHOTOS+ >the foundation for Radiance in the< >Beautiful San Souci Forest< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#1) +EXPLORER’S GIFT SHOP+ >built in the New Orleans Vieux Carre was the first of< >my three New Orleans Radiant Color projects< +RADIANT SHADOW BOX WALL+ >seen here was the feature of that project< >Martin Senour Paint my Media< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#2) +FIRST COLOR PROJECT+ >for a client was this small family room addition< >to a standard family home near Covington< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRANCOIS VERLOIN de GRUY+ >my ancestor’s plantation was very close< >to the setting of this radiant work< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THIS MILIEU WAS VITAL+ +TO MY OEUVRE+ ^^^^^^^^^^

#3) +SAN SOUCI FOREST SOFA+ >my blessed wife, Marian loved these two sofas< >that i constructed for the glazed pavilion< >house in the SanSouci Forest< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RADIANCE+ >was the factor that galvanized >the forest synchronicity< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SHE WAS RADIANT WITH LIGHT+ >later shared in california< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#4) +GLAZED STUDIO RESIDENCE PAVILION+ >with radiant orange, green, yellow and brown panels< >outside the bedroom closets expressed the light< >that Marian inspired in my creative vision< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +RADIANT OEUVRE+ >this was our home for ten years< >w/ much work made here< >color-light-energy< ^^^^^^^^^^

#5) +SYNCHRONICITY PREVALED+ >the San Souci Forest mise en scene was important< >to my Gruy ancestors history in the French< +ORIENT FOREST+ >and their later louisiana jungle plantations< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE INDIAN MOUND PLANTATION+ >of Jean Baptiste Verloin deGRUY< >in the Barataria Forest comes< >instantly to my mind< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +THE SOUNDS OF THE FOREST+ +WERE UNFORGETABLE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, lajolla, california >eugene ray, mfa, architect< >professor emeritus, sdsu< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^