“ ...Always be on the go…watching through the high winds the very star away…”
Upon entering into Marie Giroux’s works, one will discover urban scenery, meandering floral landscapes, and the escaping fragrances of maritime paintings, a world where fantasy, sweetness, passion, and the quest for peace are sparkling in a lyric, exuberant mix of textures and colours, carried along by what she calls, “...that cheerful joy of leaving everything to chance…”
“…States shall have no place in my paintings…”
Her works also are an invitation to wander into the contrasted musicality of her inner scenery made of radiant shadows and fuzzy lightness, and perceive beneath the seemingly continuity of her painting topics, the relentless pursuit of an artist “...searching from her inner-self, that unforeseeable way...” through the ultimate expression of her art.
Very committed in her artistic community, Marie Giroux is a self-taught painter, who grew up in a most creative family.
Her appeal for plastic arts eventually brought her to attend the Norman Hudon’s Studio, in Montreal (1971-1973), and later develop her oil painting techniques with some renowned painters, up to the point where she decided, in 1988, to set herself up as a professional artist.
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Souffle Artistique! participated in the Téléthon AFM de Paris in December, raising 520 Euros for the cause! Souffle Artistique are Quebec artists Marie Giroux, Olivier Roussat and Roberta Roy. At the event, they painted a one-of-a-kind boat sail and were joined in their efforts by an impressionable number of people from all nationalities at this event in Montmartre, France.
Back on home ground, at the Galerie du Ruisseau on Friday, January 16, 2009 -- at the Galerie du Ruisseau -- the trio is hosting a dynamic conference by Ralph Ireland, master sculptor and historical storyteller. The seminar will speak on the impact of the arts on the environment and culture. Mr. Ireland's sculptures transports the art lover to the passionate era when North America was first discovered by the explorers. The legends of those courageous newcomers come alive with Mr. Ireland.
Cost to attend this conference is $20 (children are free) with $5 donated to the Voiles de l'Amitie. For more information and to reserve your place, contact Celine Archambault by telephone at 514-831-6398 or by email at celine_a@videotron.ca
The Galerie du Ruisseau is located at 33 rue Principale in Ste-Dorothée, Laval at the intersection of Autoroute 13, Exit 102. This is an all ages event.
