Marie Rioux
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
surroundings to develop my creative process . I am constantly soaking them up . They modulate the discourse of the work as a way of ending up with the desired autonomous aesthetic . It ’ s a little difficult for someone like me who works instinctively to reply analytically about what sets off an emotion and how that is conveyed in the spatial organisation of the painting . Nevertheless , I can tell you that I am incapable of copying , of reproducing what I see , and that I have absolutely no interest in doing so .
In a few words , I would say that my awakening to nature and music , passed on to me by my parents as a child , all the moments of wonder watching contrasting skies , the time spent looking at and admiring the vastness of the ocean , while we are so small . . . all this stimulated my sensibility . My work is always located in and depicts the outdoors .
At the same time , looking at the work “ Deuxième jour ” (“ Second Day ”), we can see that the monochrome colour sustains the very essence of the painting , meaning its atmosphere , the vastness of the land . Circles that we perceive , like a magnifying glass through which we see people walking from behind , or standing motionless in contemplation . What obsesses me is the emotion one feels looking at a land transformed by a grey stormy day where industrial elements scratch it with their artificial lines or contrasting colours . I see infinite beauty in these visions . Like everyone , I enjoy clement weather . On the other hand , I draw no inspiration from it . To generate creative impulses in me , nature should be wild , stormy , or at least in ferment .