MYLENE DE GAGNE

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Live and create in Levis, Quebec, Canada

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With my works, I hope to bring positive emotions and beauty into this world.

BIOGRAPHY

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For as long as she can remember – even beyond, according to her mother – she always has been drawning a lot, to the point that she had to cover the walls with paper bags to prevent her from tracing her creative impulses on them!

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Her thirst for creation is inexhaustible. Over the years, she has explored several art forms, techniques and mediums: oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, pottery/ceramics, stained glass, photography, dance, jewelry creation and interior decoration...

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Professional graphic designer since 1989, painting is for her a place of expression without constraints, a synonym for creative freedom. Alone with her canvas, she can finally give free rein to all the ideas that jazz inspires in her without limiting their outlines in order to create a work full of colors, movement and emotions.

Abstract expressionist style painter, action painting, sometimes with a touch of pop art. It's during a visit to the 2014 «Nuit des Galeries» in Quebec City that it clicked and she began to develop her style.

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ARTISTIC APPROACH

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Art in its broad sense has always really stimulated me. Nature (mainly shadows, reflections, clouds, water and stones) and everything around me nourishes and inspires me.

Being a bass player, upright bass player and jazz singer, music is the major element of inspiration in my creation: it's impossible for me to create without music, it guides my actions through the emotions it gives me.

My visual research focuses on contrasts, the marriage of colors, texture and movement. I also sometimes integrate silhouettes of musicians, animals, famous faces, etc., I make them appear using a mask under the acrylic layer, that I work freely, intuitively, in superimposed layers with spatulas and silicone tools. I also add movement by letting the paint flow directly from the bottle with fluid and instinctive gestures.

What sets me apart: I always incorporate pieces of stained glass in my creations.

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My favorite painters and influences are Vincent Van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Joan Mitchell, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Corno and Melanie Simard.