Gaelle's Studio: Artist Objective

When I select the paint colors that will eventually merge with the canvas, my objective is purely an intuitive process.  Yes, I have a basic concept of the direction that I want to go into, but I never have a hard and fast plan.  I want to see what happens and have it unfold in front of me with time.  

Preferring to create images with more of a primitive direction or style with chosen simple shapes and colors, very reminiscent of the Fauvism period, with Henri Matisse being a huge influence on me.

I gravitate to simpler art expressions mainly because I feel that they allow one more allowance for interpretation. Plus, I find it very therapeutic to paint from a completely RELAXED perspective, versus forcing the result to meet a certain standard or ideal.  A lot like how I see life!

Some of the aspects of my chosen artistic signature, besides what I have already explained above, are where I lean towards the brighter spectrum of colors, and use of simplistic styling.  Is the much-desired incorporation of collage, and mandatory application of some sort of texture base.

In one of my first shows, I had an experience where I noticed someone from the "passerby's" had abruptly stopped, crossed the event space, and reached out to touch a piece of art that I was featuring.  Most artists' would probably cringe.  But for me, I was like, yes, please!  That's exactly what I wanted, for someone to be so drawn to a piece, that they needed to touch it or engage with the art.  That texture is part of the experience or vision that I wanted to evoke.