La Cigarette Painting

Meet Patricia Arseneau, also known as Patya, an emerging self-taught painter and multidisciplinary artist from the Îles-de-la-Madeleine who now resides in Saint-Joachim-de-Montmorency in Quebec, Canada. Patya spent her childhood outside of the regular school system, which she now sees as a creative force that she channels through her art. She is an artist who creates with her intuition and is always curious to develop her knowledge. Her journey to becoming an artist has been a unique one, and she has carved her own path. Abstraction began for her in 2015 when she realized an old dream she had cherished for a long time: to try painting. Patya is definitely self-taught and autonomous in her learning, specializing in abstract art from the start. She uses acrylic and collages on canvas, paper, or wood supports and loves to handle ink on paper. She works with spatula brushes on small and large formats, using everything that falls into her hands because she first searches for marks and different traces to give life to her vision of the unexpected and her spontaneity. Patya explores again and again, jumping from darkness to light, from sadness to joy, from madness to wisdom, without judgment or censorship. She lets herself be guided by her interiority and does not want to take control because she wants the mystery to become her stimulus. With her feet on the ground and her mind in the clouds, Patya has a great ability to face the unknown and let her emotions become her automatism in front of her canvas. Patya has exhibited her works to the public, showcasing her art at Studio 17 Rue de la Barricade with a group of artists in Quebec City in 2016. She has also exhibited three times at the Alfred-Pellan gallery in a collective exposition in Quebec City in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Patya wants to be on social networks to share her work with as many people as possible. She has sold her works to private collectors across Quebec and Ontario. Patya's inspirations come from some of the masters of the art world, including Pablo Picasso, Cy Twombly, Joan Miro, Jackson Pollock, Paul Émile Borduas, and Jean Paul Riopelle. As for the future, Patya wishes to perfect her creativity by crossing her own borders, just as if she were visiting something inviting and intriguing. She is an artist who creates without limits, using her art to express her innermost thoughts and emotions, and to share her unique perspective with the world.