Marie
Lou’s generously scaled canvases,
with
layers of floating strokes, emphatic gestures
and
colors have a freshness, spontaneity
and
audacity that could well have the
marks
of an exuberant new talent.
The
painting seem to be born with the
assurance
of a profound understanding of
the
ocean and the present world of sailing
and
racing.
The
palette of her recent work is largely reduced to Caribbean
Ocean
tones : purple, green, white and a full of spectrum of blue
occasionally
flushing into pinks or snapping into red, yellow or gold.
Colors
are brushed or knifed roughly into and onto one another, so
that
an unlimited range of blue is modulated and stimulated in
a
very
peaceful way...just like the dance of the ocean, strong and
still,
dictated
by a cumulative rhythm of the emotions of the waterworld.
The
“blue splash” exhibition is Marie Lou’s newest work and
is
as frivolous as the boats flying and the dolphins dancing.
She
has done several Atlantic crossings in the last 4 years on
a
76’private
sailing boat. She has a whole hearted belief in showing
the
artist’s concerns : finding and consolidating the role of
the
movement,
the speed and the stillness; in creating space by using
splashes
and winds, so the viewer can enter the ocean and feel the
emotion
of surfing over the wake, and feel the fresh and tonic
breeze
of the flying boats.
The
artist Marie Lou is the sailor of her art.
summer
2004: Montauk Yacht Club Resort & Marina
32
Star Island Road, Long Island, NY 11954
www.montaukyachtclub.com
future
exhibitions: Sept. 1-15, 2004 Bonifacio’s Citadel
Salle
du Corps de Garde
20169
Bonifacio, Corsica, France
April
2005 Gustavia
Saint
Barthelemy, French West Indies
Jun
1-31, 2005 Pierre’s Restaurant
Main
Street, Bridge Hampton, NY USA
www.pierrebridgehampton.com
recent
exhibitions:
1999
‘Boom Days’ - Leadville, Colorado with artist Ruth Jacobs
2000
‘Floating’ - 76’ private sailing yacht named XTC
2001
‘Orta’ - The Azores Islands
2002
‘La Ferme Blanche’ - Antibes, France
2003
‘Destinations’ - Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy, French West Indies
2004
‘Ailleurs’ - Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy, French West Indies
-
with the Artist Zouzou & photographer Philippe Hochard
‘Aqua’
hochard.philippe@wanadoo.fr