Imbued with a deep sensitivity to the land, my practice is primarily based on landscape representation, combining photographic transfer, acrylic painting, and pencil drawing on a house painter’s tarp. 

A few years ago, I chose to settle in the Bas-St-Laurent region, seeking a simplified daily life, reconnected with nature and punctuated by walks in the forest or along the river. Through photography, sketching, and plant gathering, I capture intangible moments of the ever-changing landscape. Back in the studio, these subjects are transferred to canvas and enriched with spontaneous and instinctive pictorial traces and gestures, in dialogue with the marks and textures already present on the tarp, creating landscapes that combine realism and abstraction. I choose the house painter's tarp for its narrative depth. In addition to giving a second life to an obsolete material, its wear, seams, and imperfections become an integral part of the composition, adding a layer of sensitivity to my understanding of nature.

I want to question the relationship between humans and the land and for my work to echo the poetry of the place, leaving ample room for instinct and texture during the creation process.

-Chloé