Welcome to my first art blog entry!
I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce myself: I'm an artist at heart, from the beautiful Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, now living in the Mauricie region. Of course, nature plays a major role in my art, just as it does in my heart. I've always had a keen interest in art, and lately I've been taking the liberty of creating and sharing my creations on my website and social media. It's both to document my journey and to give myself structure and a regular appointment with myself... it's practically therapy at this point!
So far I've shown my work with a few descriptions, but the more I share my art, the more I realize that my subjects seem random. I keep asking myself, what's my niche? What's the subject I'm going to reproduce over and over again until I'm recognized by the mere sight of an artwork?
I look at the Facebook pages of our talented Quebec artists, each so well distinguished by his or her style and subject matter, and I feel, I must admit, a little jealous. But it's a process that takes time and evolves over time.
I have a tendency to over-analyze everything, going round in circles in my head and losing the essential in my spiraling thoughts. But painting makes me happy. When I have a brush or pencil in my hands, I think of nothing but my subject, the color I'm mixing, the emotion I'm capturing on a page or canvas.
I've decided to focus on that, on the present moment and on what my art means to me. The paintings I'm most proud of are those made with emotion, often with gratitude. I tend to see the glass half-empty, the possible risks, the worst-case scenarios, to be afraid of silence in a conversation, and to think back to what I said 5 years ago when I go to bed at night. My artistic approach concretely changes this thought pattern by opening my mind to infinite possibilities and reminding me of everything worth loving in life. As I said earlier, a real therapy! I dwell on the beauty, the play of colors or the multiple interpretations of a subject, giving myself the right to make mistakes. My morning ritual now is to start my day with an hour or two of painting before I even have my coffee. On those days, I feel so much more peaceful and aware of the little beauties of everyday life, and it positively affects the rest of my day!
We're already into November, the season of seasonal depressions is upon us, and I really want to avoid letting myself fall into a cycle of negativity by countering it with an artistic practice of gratitude.
I hope to be able to share with you a bit of this new-found joie de vivre in celebrating beauty and paying tribute to precious memories through my art of gratitude and my artistic approach.
On that note, thank you for your usual support and for accepting my rather awkward way of expressing myself!
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