Suzette Émond
was born in Chicoutimi in 1947. During her teenage
years, she began her artistic training with Mr.
Henri Mongrain and worked with a variety of mediums.
Painting with oils and the use of a painting knife
is her chosen technique since 1985.
Suzette's art takes life under the generous swath of the painting knife. Wide
strips of the spatula color the space in a bounding relief that grabs the light.
As the same time as color bursts set space on fire, the purpose of that movement
changes: from the basic priority that it was, it slowly becomes the unique and
abstract subject of a painting. The beauty of the original gesture blossoms under
the palm of her hand. Suzette's entire energy is expressed in deep reds crossed
with bursts of yellow, green and blue — like so many dabs of light, freed
the moment they surge
from the artist's spatula.
Suzette now resides in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc and exhibits her paintings in Montreal,
Quebec City, Mont-Tremblant and Vancouver. Her works can be found in several
public and private collections, including the prestigious Loto-Québec
collection as well as many others in Canada,
United States and Europe.
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