Original Artwork by Renée De Gagné
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Renee De Gagné - Passe est present 30x30
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Renee De Gagné - Early Morning in Montreal 36x60
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Renee De Gagné - Aube a Mtl 30X40
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Renee De Gagné - Along The East River 40x40
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Renee De Gagne is a Montreal-based professional visual artist. Her artwork focuses on urban architecture, it is an expressive statement of its urban dynamics. Through her warm color palette, she captures the energy of a city by maintaining the balance between figuration and abstraction.
“My paintings reflect my love of architecture, be it breathtaking towers or ancient constructions. Buildings are an important testimonial of our presence on earth, and my artwork is about this « presence”.
I find inspiration in architectural details, textures, reflections, and contrasts formed by complexity and simplicity. Even though one is able to recognize a specific cityscape, the emphasis is not in reproducing reality and authenticity, but rather to record an emotional impression.
Renee is essentially self-taught, she has taken classes, workshops and has been apprenticed by renowned artists and masters in mixed media in Canada and the United States. She works only on cities she knows well and that she visited several times. Working in mixed media enables Renee to innovate and integrate several materials: acrylic paints and mediums, ink, collage, photography, Japanese papers, etc.
“Starting from my own photographs and drawings, I research the history of the buildings that I am interested in and their urban environments. Once the research is completed I start painting instinctively and intuitively, keeping in mind memories, stories and pictures.”
Renee aims to depict atmosphere, the emotional state, the relations within buildings, their dynamics in different contexts and cultures, and, hopefully, to bring the observer to see the city differently and to realize the importance of its architecture.
