Francois Loup presents here a exciting selection of Nus. At first it is the explosive color palette that engulfs us and begs our attention. After having been swallowed up in these increase wild bursts of pigment, it appears that a unified theme holds the artist Francois Loup's works together- that being the ever-mystifying theme of woman. From the figurative to the abstracted depictions of mostly nude women, Loup offers us an emotive, animalistic journey into the primitive dips and peaks of the human psyche.

It is worth delving into the artist's background at this point, now that our appetites have been whetted. Francois Loup: French artist; born Paris 1937; successful agronomist; husband of a Finnish Top model; father to three daughters; brother of successful artist; son of famous artist/professor of art mother; part-time resident of Paris, Moscow and Vence; and finally to add to our labels, fantastically color-blind. As is so often the case in life and especially with artists, labels abound, and here is no exception. Monsieur Loup is a man who is dedicating this phase of his life to his much beloved art.

The paintings presented here were mostly executed over the past four years, Loup's earlier works having been sold for the greater part in France, Finland and America . These pieces mark a departure from his earlier style, which was more Classical and Impressionist.

Returning to our initial engagement with Loup's women and the way in which he has swathed and bathed them in such marvelous color, it is quite ironic that the creator of such passionate lashes of the paintbrush is himself color-blind. Of course, comparisons to Gauguin are inevitable, where both artists took up painting relatively later in life, after having found success as businessmen, not to mention the nature of the works and the primitive handling of women. In Loup's case it is not so much primitive nature that is being celebrated as primal urges of humanity as relayed to us through his use of color and his bold, increase almost calligraphic delineation of the female form.

Intensity abounds in Francois Loup's works and it is with eagerness that his viewers will await future exhibits and stylistic development. An engaging and arresting performance by a man whose passions are now being translated onto canvas and into our visual and cerebral arenas.