France Mcneil

Alone in my studio, I want to communicate my strong connection to nature. I get my inspiration through my walks in the forest. I am fascinated by the intertwining of branches, the delicacy of their laces, the color of the sunshine through the leaves in the forest. I use colors in acrylics or watercolors, on paper, wood or canvas. I enjoy creating new colors by accumulation, saturation and numerous layering of different colors.
I build my paintings with multiple applications of washes on the surface. Shadows and lights play with transparency and saturation of colors. Sometimes the eye can enter in the depth of the light of the painting or sometimes it stays on the surface, blocked by dark intense hues. One can perceive the light filtering through the forest or shining on the surface of a river. The vibrations created, the tonal strength and the harmonies give some impression of music. In the end, each color is connected with the ones around to invent some kind of symphony for the eyes.
Each painting bears the next one. I build a new painting from what I read in the one just finished and the result of the following one is unpredictable. I like the tension of not knowing what the result will be, I like to surprise myself…
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BFA from Laval University, Quebec City,Qc, Canada

2023 Liberté, Studio Galerie Bécot, Québec
Artothèque : nouvelles acquisitions, Salle Reine- Malouin, Québec
2022 Les pays intérieurs – Nutshimit, présenté par la collection Loto-Québec, Musée régional de la Côte-Nord, Sept-Îles
2022 La traversée, Maison de la Culture Villebon, Beloeil
2019 Le cadeau, Galerie Beaux-Arts des Ameriques, Montreal, Canada
2018 Ramifications, Galerie Arts Sutton, Sutton, Québec, Canada
2017 Lire entre les branches, Bibliothèque de Québec,Québec, canada
2017 Quoi de neuf?, L'Artothèque, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2014 Terre fragile, Galerie du Trait-Carré, Charlesbourg, Quebec City
2014 Dialogue, Belfast Print Studio, Belfast, Ireland
2014 Biennale de gravure de Chamalières, Chamalières, France
2013 Ouvrir l’œil, Galerie Engramme, Quebec City, Quebec
2013 Horizons, L’Espace contemporain galerie d’art, Quebec City, Quebec
2011 Fragments d’univers, Galerie Engramme, Quebec City, Quebec
2010 Confidences, L’Espace contemporain galerie d’art, Quebec City, Quebec
2006 À mots couverts, Bibliothèque Christine-Brouillet and Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy, Quebec City, Quebec
2003 Théâtre d’ombre, Galerie du Grand Théâtre, Quebec City, Quebec
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