“My painting is the product of an irrepressible impulse which pushes me to express and communicate my emotions without hesitation. First, I picture the dominant colour I wish to explore. Then my ideas unfold with a multitude of options. Through spontaneous gestures, there then comes the pleasure of mixing colours, sketching shapes and bringing out textures. An initial composition emerges, followed by a considerable labour of reconstruction, leading to the final work. Recently, I have been working with monochromes, which adds a dramatic touch to my atmospheres.
The place I depict in my work are mostly my own. They are North American and of the present. Sometimes one may see in them figures present in particular atmospheres. As I create I incorporate unusual elements into the work, which in a discordant manner echo our presence and our traces in the contemporary environment.”
Marie Rioux was born in Montreal and studied visual art in Quebec City. Over the course of her career, she has worked alongside artists from various milieux in contemporary art.
She has developed an original manner of working and a body of art stamped with authenticity. At present she is continuing her artistic enquiries by giving tangible expression to the place in which she lives. Marie paints with oil on canvas.