Location: Canada
As a youth, Marie-Paule lived in several countries of Northern and Equatorial Africa, as well as in France and in the United Kingdom. She also traveled to Spain, Luxemburg, Germany, Switzerland and Mexico before settling in Canada. Each region left indelible images that often re-emerge in her paintings. Although fond of most forms of art, she creates still images with acrylics or oil, digital photography or line drawing.
Style and themes
Marie-Paule is a keen observer who recalls an impression or an emotion to explore a theme that may constitute the next work of art. When painting, or manipulating digital photography, she likes to explore geometrical designs, composition and juxtaposition of colors to enhance a visual dominance in the picture. It can be the texture of an old wall, the reflection of water or sky, the silhouette of a man-made object or an element of nature against an abstract or semi-abstract background.
Art Education
Marie-Paule is primarily self-taught, although she has attended workshops in drawing, printmaking and photography. She continues to explore new techniques. Dialogues with other artists and her own sense of observation keep her mind in a constant learning mode.
Artist’s Statement
“My totem is the humming bird.” says Marie-Paule. “I look for the essence of a subject and bring up what is in my mind its dominant feature, at times bright and fanciful, other times peaceful and contemplative.”
Artwors created in acrylics or oil on canvas, when I am in a painterly mood,
Longing for Spring to come after a long, cold winter in Canada
Longing for Spring to come after a long, cold winter in Canada. Wild Flowers are my favourite.
A Chinese proverb that says "If you let a tree in your heart then, may be, a song bird will come" was the inspiration for this painting
Beautiful inukshuk found on the grounds of Rideau Hall, residence of the Governor General of Canada
Imaginary landscape and reflections
Dyptyk (canvas # 1) inspired from Tiffany designs
Dyptyk (canvas # 2) inspired from Tiffany designs
Southern French countryside
Imaginary landscape inspired by our Canadian winter
The tulip festival in Ottawa is short-lived and always a cause for celebration
Digital Exercises on my I-Pad
Roaring Twenties beauty.
My 2022 Christmas Card Design
My 2022 Halloween design
August page design on my calendar
2022 Autumn in the Outaouais region of Quebec
September page for my calendar. A lovely mild and mellow month in the Outaouais region of Quebec
Abstract exercise #1
Abstract exercise # 2, also available in other colours
Abstract Exercise # 2. Also available in different colours
Abstract landscape from the marshlands of southeastern France. Also available in the colours.
Abstract landscape from the marshlands of southeastern France. Also available in the colours.
One of my birthday card designs
I love Canada geese and await for their return every Spring.
Artworks created in mixed media on canvas or paper.
Enjoying playing with my name and the famous proverb
African memories. miseducating media on 36" x 24" canvas
Canvas imitating the look and fill of brocade, a material often used for celebratory garments. Mixed media on 24" x 24" canvas.
Mixed media on paper for Thanksgiving
Collage on paper
Mixed media created on the day i bring my hibiscus back inside, as it would not survive a Canadian winter.
Collage on canvas, in the shape of one of my abstract designs
In loving memory of those who succumbed to Covid. Artsors created with light moulding paste on canvas.
“When There Is Light”
“Full Bloom”
“Trees for a Song Bird”
“Northern Comfort”
“Dawn”
“Lapis”
“Lazuli”
“Mid Morning Sun”
“Spring Thaw”
“Tulips”
“Happy Ancestor”
“Christmas Morning”
“Halloween”
“August”
“Autumn”
“September”
“Crater”
“Far Afield 01”
“Far Afield # 2”
“Wading In #1”
“Wading In # 2”
“Just For You”
“Safe Return”
“A Thorn with a Rose”
“African Rhythm”
“Brocade”
“Golden Harvest”
“I Caught A Dream”
“The End Of Summer”
“Piero”
“In Memoriam”
