Artist Focus :: Karine Léger

November 2022

Leap 5, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 91 x 91 cm

Virtual Studio Tour :: Karine Léger

This month we are focusing on the practice of Canadian artist, Karine Léger. Her artistic vision has evolved through photography, collage and painting. Léger creates delicately layered acrylic paintings, exploring collage and composition. We spoke to Karine about her new studio and how her new collage works have influenced her paintings.
Karine Léger new studio, Quebec

Over the years Karine has moved studios on several occasions and this for her has cemented areas of her practice. Her work set up is quite minimal which has allowed her to move easily and to become comfortable in her new studio in an old convent in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Karine Léger new studio. Quebec

"i’m really hoping now to curb my nomadic tendencies and remain in the same place for a few years – i'm curious to see how this might affect my practice. what i love most about this new space is the silence here, and the sense of calm. it encourages me to work at a slower pace and i think this is a good thing."
- Karine Léger
  Wind Singing
  Acrylic, mixed media on canvas
  121 x 91 cm
- Karine Léger
  Dancing Sky 9
  Acrylic, mixed media on canvas
  91 x 76 cm
By The Woods, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 121 x 121 cm

"I love everything about this piece and the neutral palette.I remember so clearly how beautiful the light was as I was painting each line, one by one. Life was calm and I felt I was in the right place"

By The Woods will be exhibited in this years Winter Annual Exhibition.
"The collage work has always been my starting point for a painting... like a sketch or study. This part of the process is the most creative. In answer to your question of whether the new collage style has changed my paintings, I would say yes and no.. I still very much enjoy the transcription from small collage to a large canvas but what I feel is changing is the way I work with the application of paint onto the surface."
Filmed July 2020

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