Marie-Laure Souq | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Born in 1972 in the Paris region, in the Val-de-Marne, Marie-Laure Souq left the Ile-de-France for the Auvergne where she grew up. Her father, a painter in his spare time, inspired by the Parisian "Poulbots" painted by Michel Thomas, introduced her to drawing, then to painting: the smell of oils never left her. Back in the Paris region, this painting enthusiast took evening classes at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, but fate led her to other horizons and her family life soon took over. But three years ago, she decided to devote herself entirely to her passion and moved to Brittany in the Morbihan, after falling in love with this region. It was then that she began to paint the surroundings of the seaside and the half-timbered houses, but she did not forget Paris and its innumerable corners: nostalgia led her to add life to it by painting a woman in yellow "because she shines and illuminates my backgrounds", which will become the characteristic of her work. For her, she represents "THE" woman in general, free, carefree and nonchalant: "Also passionate about fashion, painting allows me to imagine and create outfits that I like to make light and that give life to my paintings. Pleasantly surprised by the success of this "girl in yellow", she opened her studio in Auray to the public and multiplied her exhibitions.