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| profile: Lise Cree - artistic painter | ||||||
| Professional Affiliation : TAC (The Arts Club) | ||||||
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| Website: http://www.lisecree.com | ||||||
| Phone: 514 486 5834 |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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Born in Montreal and a professional translator, it is by chance that, in 1987, Lise Cree found herself in a drawing class and quickly decided to trade her books and pens for brushes and colors. It was the beginning of a great adventure which brought her to attend workshops and art classes in different art schools, notably at the Visual Art Centre of Westmount, and later in Mexico. Primarily figurative and realist, Lise Cree's work reflects the beauty and joy of life. The world of children or of flowers, anything that moves her or stirs emotion is translated onto the canvas. Her vision is intended to be a contemporary one and she is particularly fond of close-ups of large scale flowers that she showers with poetry. For this Montrealer, flowers awaken the dreams of the soul and are the perfume of life. The Art critic, Dorota Kozinska, has compared her work to that of one of our greatest artists : " The giant flowers in Lise Cree's paintings have a touch of Georgia O'Keefe in them, but unlike the American artist, Cree takes a poetic spin on her chosen subject, imbuing her floral portraits with lyrical narrative. Evoking sensations as much as visual pleasure, her acrylic works carry titles like Pink Heart and Bluebird, suggesting another way of viewing the shimmering, fragile bundles of petals and light.” Lise Cree’s paintings have been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout Quebec, the U.S. and Europe. In 2004 and 2005, she was honored with outstanding awards for two of her paintings, in the category of Figurative Realism. |
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| ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT Mtl Museum of Fine Arts Watercolor & Ink Workshop Fall 2011 The Sketchbook Workshop Summer 2011 Drawing Clinics ’01-’02 Montreal University Acrylic Painting Workshop 2010 Liliane Fortier Studio Mtl Trompe l’oeil Workshop 2004 Montreal University Watercolor Workshop 2004 L.L. Lozeau Photo Mtl Workshops: Photography & Photoshop ’02-‘03 Saidye Bronfman Art School Collage & Mixed media 2003 Benzacar Studio Mtl Creativity Workshops 2002 Mtl Community Centers Live Model Workshops ’00-‘07 Westmount Visual Arts Center Encaustic Techniques 2001 Drawing – Painting – Zen Brush ‘95 to ‘99 Faux-fini & Decorative Painting 1996 Denise Lefebvre, Île Bizard Decorative Painting Workshops 1998 Bellas Artes, Art Workshops - Acrylic Painting - 1997 San Miguel De Allende Watercolor – Mixed Media ’00-‘02 Fine Arts School Mexico (6 month art training in 1997) Bernice Sorge Studio Creativity Workshop 1995 Jacques Lajeunesse Studio Old Masters’ Drawing & Oil Painting ’87 to ‘91 EXHIBITIONS Solo Artist’s studio, Montreal 2006 Jardin Botanique de Montréal 2005 (Expo annuelle Société des Roses du Québec) Galerie d’art Richelieu – ‘’Full Bloom’’ 2001 Galerie le 1040 – ‘’Of children and Flowers’’ 1999 Group Westmount Art 2008 2008 St-Charles sur Richelieu, Fleurs de l’Art 2007 Club Saint-Denis, Exhibition / Auction 2005 Galerie In Vivo, Expo Arts Propos Web 2005 Galerie Richelieu, ‘’L’Art Universel’’ 2004 Automn’Art – Complexe Desjardins 2004 CAPSQ, Cercle des Artistes Peintres & Sculpteurs du Québec : Musée de Tunis, Palais Kheireddine 2005 Montréal, (Bronze medal) 2004 Pons & Jonzac, France) 2004 Montréal, (Prix grande Distinction) 2003 Brouage & Poitiers, France 2003 Galerie Pierre Séguin, Ile Perrot, Qc 2004 (Breast Cancer Society) Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York 2004 Giant Steps Montreal, Auction Exhib. 2003 Galerie 1637, Montreal 2003 The Arts Club, Montreal ’01-’02-’03-‘04 Galerie Choffel, Montreal 2003 Salon des Arts Visuels, Brossard 2002 Symposium, Frelighsburg 2002 Quebecor Auction & Exhibition 2001 Les Mosaïcultures de Montréal 2001 Auction & Exhibition, The Laurentians ’01-‘02-‘03 Lieutenant Governor’s Garden Party ACAP du Québec ’00-‘01 Westmount Visual Arts Center 1999 Saint-Laurent Artists Association ’98-’99-‘00 Saint-Laurent Museum of Fine Arts ’98-‘01 Jacques Lajeunesse Art Studio ’92…’96 ASSOCIATIONS RAAV (Regroupement des Artistes en Arts visuels) 2000… 2012 The Arts Club 2000-’04, 2012… Friends of Mtl Museum of Fine Arts 1990… 2012 Friends of Mtl Botanical Garden 1998… 2012 Cercle Artistes Peintres & Sculpteurs Qc 2003… 2005 ACAP du Québec 2000… 2002 Association of Saint-Laurent Artists 1997…2000 |
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