Jacques Canonici’s creations capture their vitality. Whether it is painting or sculpture, each of his compositions is a haunting relationship between full and empty to find the right balance.
He entered the Beaux-Arts at the age of 16 and learned classical canons there. His works express the influence of travels in Italy, but it is the whole history of art that is embodied in its rendering of movement, of the breath of spirit that manifests itself in the palpitation of the flesh.
In addressing the great myths, Jacques Canonici expresses in an inspired way the great founding themes in what is most human.