Canadian artist Karine Léger creates delicately layered acrylic paintings, exploring the interplay of collage, composition and memory. Over time, her artistic vision evolved through photography, collage and painting.
Léger draws inspiration from the interplay of lines and forms, with each piece evolving from the memory of a place, shaped by repetition, mark-making, and negative space. Through this journey, sketches and collages transform into paintings or wooden structures, revealing the organic progression of the artist’s vision.
She enjoys observing her surroundings and is particularly drawn to quiet places. The process of repeating patterns and achieving harmony between forms deeply resonates with her, offering a profound sense of calm. Over time, her artistic process has evolved into a meditative ritual.
Léger’s process involves deconstruction as a means to achieve introspective reconstruction. From paper or digital cut-outs, compositions are born out of a collaging process. Colours, textures and shapes are meticulously selected to be arranged and rearranged, assembled and reassembled, in a quest for the right balance. Similar but independent forms come together at times nearly touching, other times precariously balancing on one another and, on occasion, merging.
This slow, deliberate, creative process is how Karine Léger builds the foundation for her work. Nothing is rushed, nothing is forced. She stops only when that precious balance has been achieved. Although the composition is set, she reserves the right to stray from the concept in deference to the canvas.