Artists

Andrée Christensen is a poet, novelist, literary translator, visual artist and gardener. In collaboration with internationally renowned artists from Ontario and Québec—Jennifer Dickson, Tony Urquhart, Roland Giguere, Pavel Skalnik, Huguette Bouchard-Bonet and Christine Palmieri—she has produced five artist books combining her poetry and their visual works. Her own photographs and collages are often included in her published books of poetry. She has written more than twenty works of poetry, novels, stories and literary translations, which have received numerous awards and distinctions. Most recently, she was honoured with the Prix du livre d’Ottawa award for French fiction.

“The very process of collage, which liberates images from their context, empties them of their initial meaning, invites both the artist and the observer to listen to the irrational aspect of their being and, depending on personal perceptions, to create new associations that reflect private emotions. Collages invite us to create new stories and to make our own poetic and dreamlike associations. Each observer thus becomes the author of his or her own creation.”

Adèle Gauthier is a local Ottawa artist, who has been painting for forty years. She has a Fine Arts degree from both Ottawa University and British Columbia University. She also studied at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, the Haliburton School of Art and Design, and the Ottawa School of Art. Gauthier has worked under several mentors including Gordon Smith, Andrea Mossop and Yves Laroque. Oil paint has always been her medium of choice, but at present she is exploring the mysteries of encaustic paint.

“The latin word "pentimento" is "an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his mind as to the composition during the process of painting". In english it means "to repent". Well, this is what I do all day. I paint something beautiful, then I scratch it off, leaving traces, so that the real truth comes to the surface, well beyond the idea that was originally in my brain.”

Adèle Gauthier est une artiste de la région d'Ottawa. Elle possède un diplôme en Arts Visuels de l’Université d’Ottawa et de l’Université de la Colombie Britannique. Elle a suivi de nombreux cours à l’Université d’Art et de Désign d’Emily Carr, l’École d’Art d’Ottawa et au Collège des Arts de Haliburton. Elle a aussi travaillé avec différents mentors, dont Gordon Smith, Andrea Mossop et Yves Laroque. L’huile a toujours été son médium de choix jusqu’à ce qu’elle découvre l’encaustique et ses propriétés envoûtantes. La nature et la spiritualité sont ses sources premières d’inspiration.