About
By the painter and sculptor Andrée Marcoux
BIOGRAPHY
Represented by:
Beauchamp Art Gallery, Quebec City, Montreal
Marcoux, Andrée – Beauchamp Art Gallery (galeriebeauchamp.com)
Lise Leclerc Gallery https://liseleclerc.com
Marie-Andrée Béliveau Gallery, Tremblant, QC.
Painting, bronze, cement and steel sculpture, ink, Scratchboard… I'm interested in several mediums, always looking for a new challenge. Based in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, I've been a professional artist for several years. A graduate of Laval University in Quebec City with a degree in visual arts, I'm constantly striving to develop my work and my passion.
My inspiration is nature, animals in general, and horses in particular: "Animals and their well-being are extremely important to me. I want to raise public awareness through a pose, a look, to make people love them so they can better respect them. It's my way of paying tribute to these sensitive, essential beings who have so much to teach us."
I started out painting landscapes before turning to animal painting, which has become my specialty over time. I don't strive for perfection in detail, but rather for emotion. While my paintings can be realistic and the result of weeks of work, I also enjoy letting myself be carried away by movement on large canvases. Classical and whimsical painting—it's a balance that suits me.
Horses are my primary source of inspiration.
"Watching a horse run has always filled me with emotion. All that strength and grace combined captivates me. Its nobility rivals the greatest of kings, its grace and lightness, those of birds, the gentleness of its gaze is incomparable... We owe it respect and gratitude; without it, the history of humanity would not be what it is. It has acted wholeheartedly throughout the centuries, responding to the demands of humankind, often to the worst, against its will..." A. Marcoux