Art, life & a place to play

Photo by Laurence Audet

For a long time I have wanted to find a way to make a presence online with my artwork, a place to connect and to make a living. But a simple portfolio or plain online shop felt too ecstatic and impersonal to me. I guess that feeling comes in hand with the fact that it has always been impossible for me to find a label for my work, a medium to always reach for or a specific style. I love painting with watercolors and oils and I’m always taking photographs but I enjoy baking as much and I love crafting with my daughter or writing in my journal.

For me art is about life, about emotion and exploration and is difficult to define. My work is imperfect and hard to describe but it’s honest and close to my heart. It’s an extension of myself, my home and my life.

While I still didn’t find the perfect way to show up, this space to play can be a good place to start. Here I share some of my artwork as it comes naturally, hoping it becomes a cosy home to my work and, luckily, it will inspire other people to become creative, which as a mother and teacher is my main concern, after all we are all just walking each other home. 

Messenger

By Mary Oliver

My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird - 
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.

Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young and still not half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all ingredients are here,

Which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.