Martine Chasse

Biography

I am a contemporary painter, born in Beauce, a beautiful county near Quebec, CANADA. A few years after getting my bachelor in commerce at the University of Ottawa, I undertook a self-taught artistic development. As long as I can remember, drawing and painting have always been part of my life. Attend visual art classes at school, was for me, pure pleasure. But I thought to myself that it was just a pleasant hobby, no more than that. However, over time, I realized that painting was a wonderful way to express myself. Since then, I dedicate myself entirely to this form of art.

Artistic statement

It is through oil, acrylic painting and pastel that I interpret what I see. I try to be both, expressive and intense without neglecting the harmony of shapes and colors to create a very pleasant experience.
I live in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, more specifically, in Vallée-Jonction. I love this area for its rivers, rolling hills, eroded by time, and shaped by our ancestors. I feel that theses gorgeous landscapes are what the region has best to offer. This is why I enjoy placing them to the foreground of my paintings.
In my own way, I present this part of the country with a fresher look. I wish to give rural areas a new...

self-taught painter