Discover the contemporary work of Ghislaine CAPRIN

I was tagged cosmopolitan parisian. I owe that to the marriage between an Italian father and a French mother. I was born on November the 24 th 1951 in Chevreuse in de Paris region . At a young age I showed an idependant creative character which ideally expressed itself in the artist painter’s fingers. Autodidact in my early years, I started to spend time in artist’s exhibition salons while struggling to survive, with my two young children, as a secretary. I was first inspired by social tea salons than “Collines de Provence”, islands of the Aegean Sea, Venice, women, and this Quebec that I am particularly fond of since I have lived there. Step by step I took up oil, the paint brush, and the blade without forgetting the middle role of the trait (feature), in a surge os scenes and of women decorated with plumes that never have time to exude an elegant shape of boredom, and finally ink, acrylic and most recently dry pastels. Over time I have develop the sense of coloursand for my feminine characters the sense of what one may call the feature (trait). Without any precouceived ambition I accept willingly to discover the wonderful colours in autumnal or winter forests, over the countryside, near lakes and rivers. I’am getting to create my characters by happy coincidence, on some unknown path. I keep a real passion for Art every time marvelling at the beauty of nature around us.WELCOME TO : Painting collectors, art lovers and fans of colors . Also welcome to all who are looking for brightness and novelty playing with colors , shapes, and lightings effects. Representational colorist artist, my canvas oil paintings on various formats ( small sizes and big sizes), fit to any interiors, weather modern or classic. They represent here and there, women of the "30s, forester paths, snow scenes, water banks, different landscapes from greek islands, Provence, also from Quebec, Venice and Toscany which I am particularly fond of. They are also my passion. My drawings (a mix of different techniques) are the result of my free imagination . A slightly humid sheet of paper will be the support of different black or color inks wandering along as they feel fit, hence creating different scenes, trees, forests, green scenes, autumn or winter scenes. I then carry them wherever my imagination feels like. Sometimes I create a mixture of dry pastels, fat, gouache, or acrylic, golden, sylver leaf, cooper and so forth. my canvas oil paintings on various formats created with blades and brushes are inspired by life scenes, promenades at the countryside, stroll in the forest, in the mountain, or from the vibrant colors of flowers. I use rembrant oils, old Holland, sennelier and linen oil canvas for a better finishing touch which allows a wider selection of pigments. I also work with dry pastels and squares of the canson type when creating portraits, languishing women and blended powdering or more precise features. I enjoy feeling submerged in a voluptuous ambiance of colors, warmth, and light. This is my true passion, the driving force of my life.