Jocelyne Girard | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

The desire to create came into Jocelyne Girard's life as a gift. Around the age of 10, she received a box of gouache tubes for Christmas, small samples of color that revived her sensitivity and fueled her artistic taste. Passionate about human emotions, the artist's work attempts to retranscribe the inner journey of each person, our spiritual journeys, our thoughts, our states of mind. Drawing her inspiration from the eyes and feelings of the people around her, from her encounters, but also from her readings and discoveries, the artist embroiders themes that she then develops in her paintings as invitations to create. On canvas or paper, she begins by sketching a drawing with charcoal, then places her colors in acrylic. Finally, using a brush or a knife, she illuminates her forms with oil paint. Jocelyne Girard's characters appear on the support as if they came from a mysterious world. Their lively looks, their wide open eyes seek as much the compassion and complicity of others as they resonate in a deep solitude. Their presence is immense, their sensitivity poetic. Developing for a decade the engraving, the artist continues to feed his poetic universe of fragile silhouettes, aerial and yet solidly suspended in their reality, a singular world with subtle tints, unknown origins.