Marie Rioux
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
own, contrast with the dominating presence of nature. People are secondary to the subject, and that is why they are always shown from behind. They are asexual, simply humans in the face of the challenge of surviving in the early twentyfirst century. They are in motion, a kind of transhumance, while nature appears frozen in time.
As an artist, I invent new depictions of my concerns. By constructing my works in this manner I invite the viewer to feel my emotions.
We would like to pose some questions about the balance established by colors and texture: your pieces combine loud, vivacious tones and contrasting shapes that accomplish the difficut task of establishing tension and a provocative dynamic. We have really appreciated the vibrancy of thoughtful nuances that saturate your canvas and especially the way they suggest the idea of plasticity. How did you come about settling on your color palette? And how much does your own psychological makeup determine the nuances of tones you decide to use in a piece and in particular, how do you develope a painting’ s texture? superimposed on real ones. I believe it is important to bring out and project a degree of duality in my work. Human infrastructures, although gigantic on their
My colour palette is determined by the atmosphere I wish to create. The bluish grey matches my present visual surroundings. Nevertheless, these colours also correspond to my psychological personality. Every day, to get to my studio in Quebec City, I have to take the ferry across the St. Lawrence River, which separates it from my city of adoption. This trajectory was the source of a new period of creation. The boat’ s crew and those who