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Élaine Despins – Selected Work ... enter / entrez
Madeline (after Waterhouse). Oil on Canvas. 9"x12" Elenore Study. Pastel. 18"x 26" Jérémie. Oil on Canvas. 24"x36"
- Artist Statement
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My work is rooted in an ontological perspective, a fascination for what is at the heart of existence. My background comes from the fine art tradition of painting and my pictures are set within the contemporary expression of the figure. My intuitive practice accompanied by an investigative gaze into the compelling mysterious ground of Being is what ...
Over the course of years, Elaine Despins’ professional international career in animation (direction, character design and animation) has been interspersed with periods of intense passion for and activity in drawing and painting. Since 2,000, she has been committed to an independent and full time studio practice. Despins’ paintings has been shown ac...
2010 Transart Institute New Media, Danube University Krems, Austria MFA and New Media Solo Exhibitions 2019 Nocturnes Series, Galerie 2112, Montréal, QC 2008 Edward Day Gallery, The Virgin Mary Series, Toronto, ON 2007 Dominique Bouffard Gallery, The Sea Inside, Montréal, QC 2005 Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON 2005 St-Laurent + Hill Gallery, Ottaw...
2020 International Association of Pastel Societies 37th Juried Online Exhibition. 2020 Enduring Brilliance, Pastel Society of America, Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio 2019 The Kingston Prize 2019, Gananoque, ON 2019 A Luminous Darkness, Galerie 2112, Montréal, QC (Solo) 2019 Vert, Galerie Liv’Art, Montréal, QC
