Biography

Native of  Longueuil, Quebec, Christiane moved to Ontario in 1988, for her Nursing and artistic career. Schooling with the Ottawa school of Art under the guidance of Blair Sharpe, and cello studies with the royal Conservatory of music, Christiane develops a deep love for geometric abstraction,fluid art and colour theory. She returns to the local art scene after a pause.

Following several trips in Arizona, she develops a deep love and fascination for the Sonoran desert, and  has considerably different styles. Her main inspirations,  Rothko, Kandinsky, Hiroshige, Josef Albers, Painter’s 11, converge with images of the Southwest to form a colour filled, naïve freestyle all imbued from decades of drawing.

Her favourite mediums include inks, oil and dry pastels, acrylic, Yupo paper, and Ampersand boards.

Winner of two Arteast prices Christiane thought visual arts in her hometown of Rockland and donated several art pieces for fundraising and charity.

She hopes  to reconnect with the artistic community and share her love for colours and freedom of creation.

Artist Statement

Always inspired by colour theory, science and my mentor Blair Sharpe, I’m the one scribbling ideas everywhere. Guided by my 2 loves, abstract art and the Sonoran desert, I’m on a quest for a process that will intrigue and hopefully captivate my audience. My mediums of choice are ink, markers, pastels, my favorite supports are yupo and Ampersand plates, colour theory and the hidden messages always present in my canvases. As an orchestral cellist, my paintings are always accompanied by classical music. It brings them to life! My motto: life is short, use all your pencils.