Louise Fournier – Fine Art

“Paintings are static The uniqueness of the experience of looking at a painting repeatedly – over a period of days or days or years – is that, in the midst of flux, the image remains changeless.”

Art does not imitate nature, it imitates a creation, sometimes to propose an alternative world, sometimes simply to amplify, to confirm, to make social the brief hope offered by nature.

These 2 quotations that speaks to my heart, taken from essays in “A Sense of Sight” by John Berger, speaks to my heart.

I strive to create a context for a view into a world, a world that has no time, that doesn’t even capture a moment, it simply is, and will persist as it is.

I love painting nature and living things – people, animals, birds, and landscapes. For me life is precious and I like my portraits to show a person and people in a natural setting.

At this time, I am fascinated by natural pigments that have been manufactured with stones, rocks and earth pigments. I like the earthiness and texture of fresco and my recent works strive to capture these textures and subtle tones and values.

“Art does not imitate nature, it imitates a creation, sometimes to propose an alternative world, sometimes simply to amplify, to confirm, to make social the brief hope offered by nature.”

The bird paintings (see Birds menu) illustrate the methods developed for painting with watercolours and gouache on wooden boards. I have painted directly on unprimed wood, wood with a transparent ground (to preserve the wood grain) and wood with a titanium white ground.

The natural earth pigments and stones and semi-precious gems have a natural lightfastness. The painting “Amethyst Crow” has watercolour tube paint made by grinding amethyst gems. Many of these natural paints do not have pigment numbers. All pieces are finished with a matte varnish that is archival and provides excellent UV protection as well.

Stay tuned as the blog page will contain the results of my research into the methods that have been developed to support this vision. As well, other topics are under development to provide a forum for artists and art lovers to connect.