Simoneau-Pestel Catherine | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Simoneau-Pestel Catherine
- France
- Painter
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Understanding and integrating a legacy to create something new without attachment to the past.
Catherine grew up and worked in her father’s workshop (lacquer furniture restoring and painting). There she discovered the use of lacquer: a plant resin that serves as a coating for wood. Lacquer has its roots in ancient China and has been used there for over three thousand years, extending throughout Southeast Asia to become an art. Fascinated by her father’s work, Catherine focused on artistic studies and naturally chose to work with this medium. In 1988, her marriage took her to settle in Eure et Loire, where she opened a studio to work on her creations and was approached by an association to be a volunteer teacher of the art and technique of lacquer. Her desire to transmit to others echoes the spiritual heritage of her father and is itself expressed in her painting. This ancient art, from a culture of wisdom and patience, allows the artist to transcribe a deep questioning of life.
First expressed by lacquer on different supports (wood, metal, and plexiglass), Catherine's artistic expression now focuses on a new medium: paper.
When diluted, the lacquer is absorbed and penetrates to give a matt and transparent aspect. When thicker, it remains on the surface and folds in successive waves, capturing light. Lacquer, whether vegetable or synthetic, permeates the surface, exhibiting its particular distinction of being both dull and bright, and continues to fascinate the artist. She draws, scratches, prints, and impregnates papers of different textures with lacquer, where it overlaps leaves of silver that have been tarnished with acid. Her works are often abstract, and even if she sometimes gives in to the pleasure of the figurative, it is the material that remains essential.
France
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- 2002Participation in the International Design ExhibitionIshikawa, Japan
- 1988Volunteer art courses at the Grains de Soleil associationParis, France
- 1975Graduated in Applied ArtsENSAAD School in Paris, France
- 1955BirthParis, France
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Le jardin attendait
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Libre Arbitre
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UN PARFUM OUBLIE
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Je serais là, demain
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Comme une promesse
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CŒUR DE MONTAGNE
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Au fond du jardin
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Avec délicatesse
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Une bonne idée
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ETRANGEMENT BIEN
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A la source
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COTE JARDIN
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UN OCEAN D'ETOILES
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PARESSE MATINALE
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COMME UNE GAZELLE
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DANS LA CHALEUR DE L'ETE
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La cause du départ
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Comme une énigme
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DES AUBES VENTEUSES
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IGNORANT LA NUIT
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SUIS-MOI !
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Lointaine rencontre
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LES FLEURS DU JARDIN
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Avec émerveillement
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POSES SUR L'HERBE
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Silence d'après midi
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CHERCHER SA ROUTE
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Un si long voyage
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MURMURES DU SOIR
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Soir de printemps
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A sa demande
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Haute vibration
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Pareilles à des étoiles
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L'étoile du sud
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CHASSEUR DE NUAGES
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Un instant de répit
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Le voyage en solitaire
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Message en attente
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De nos jours
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L'Invitation
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Impression matinale
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AU BORD DU CIEL
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A quatorze heure
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Au milieu du lagon
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UN PEU DE SOLLICITUDE
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UNE PROMESSE ANCIENNE
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DOUCE EST LA PLUIE
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Chemins abandonnes
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Un si long voyage
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TRAJECTOIRES PARFAITES
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Dès le lendemain
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Embrasser le ciel
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TON REGARD M'ENCHANTE
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Lacher prise
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Tôt le matin
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UN INSTANT SUSPENDU
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Absence
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Au premier jour
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Journée radieuse
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De retour
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