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