Le grand Village June 2020 Photo by Chris Saunders
more years before I invested more time in the technique. A couple of years later I did an art residency for seven weeks in Rome. It was tremendous. I lived and breathed art. Rome is an open art museum and every day I would go out sketching. I started an art journal and then got the idea to create some lithographs using the sketches I made as an inspiration. I found a studio where I could create these lithographs and that is where I got the idea to create my own stone lithography studio. Daks : When did you start your atelier in Charente-Limousine? van der Riet : I started creating the studio in 2008. It took two years to get it running. I was already sharing my time between Paris and the Charente- Limousine. It is in the center south-west of France; beautiful countryside and very inspirational. I have a barn there and this is where I created the stone lithography studio.
Le Grand Village
Daks : Can you tell me a little about your own art practice? van der Riet : In Paris, I studied drawing, painting and some printing at night school, les atelier des Beaux Arts de Paris. Paris has lots of facilities to study art. I also spent many hours drawing at the Louvre and in the streets of Paris. I got interested in stone lithography and one year did a summer course at The Students Art League in New York. I was hooked but it would still take a few
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