Seated in the Clouds, 2023, mixed media on framed canvas, 50 x 41 in. / 127 x 104.14 cm.

Seated in the Clouds, Marc Chicoine, 2023, mixed media on framed canvas, 50 x 41 in. / 127 x 104.14 cm.

Recycling a found landscape painting and frame found in the trash. Inspired by a seated nude drawing by 1500s Italian renaissance artist Pontormo, this piece pays tribute to his original body placement but redefines the solid shapes of the musculature instead of the egglike renaissance style.