Featured Artist for July - August 2000

Featured GiveAway by Liliane Clement Tassila 12" x 10" - 2000 Acrylic and multi-media on canvas Valued at $1200

Edward Macmillan Lakewood, Ohio

Tassila was created especially for the Giveaway this month. Liliane's Floral paintings are saturated with color and lend colorful rhythms to the eye of the viewer.

Featured Artist Liliane Clement

Liliane Clement was born in Montreal, Canada. Her father learned piano from a trained European pianist who emigrated into Canada. Lessons were passed on when Liliane was taught by her father and later studied music professionally in her native city of Montreal. During this early period she was also inclined to produce art through drawing and watercolor.

Passion for expressing herself through art was very strong for Liliane. She thus furthered her knowledge by earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Sir George Williams University, topping that off with a masters in Art Education at Michigan State University and a masters of Fine Arts at the University of Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Incentive to make her art begins with intuitive emotions arising when she comes across a particular situation regarding shapes, colors and compositions. Attractive and original photography, regardless of its content, also inspires her. A theatrical moment may appear to her, revealing many opportunities of energizing compositions, softening in pensive joy.

The most creative moments appear for Liliane the morning after conditioning the day before; since her energy is best following the rise of light in her studio. She calls it "crystal light". During her daily whereabouts, she is always aware of special situations that may arise where ideas flow for new compositions.

Liliane has been painting full time for quite a few years and is always searching for ideas while beginning her website. As an artist, she would like to discover more sophisticated color compositions in which she can surprise herself in revealing her subconscious.

The Muses: Muses of Sylphide Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas 36" x 54", 1995

Liliane invites the viewer to discover a new world in her paintings, where emotions communicate "poetic" instances. She also seeks out artists with a genuine quest for originality. Sincerity and generosity are among the qualities she appreciate and she also likes to exchange ideas and correspondence with interesting people with new ideas. In her ongoing search for ideas, she visits museums in the U.S. and Europe. Through her travel she learns about modern art as well as other cultures.

Liliane's artistic style communicates, in her own words, "la joie de vivre." Through her years of painting, she has developed an approach referring to her different themes. Female silhouettes in her muses within a collage of intuitive brushstrokes. Floral shapes in warm saturated colors or abstract movements of shapes and/or expressionist lines in colorful rhythms.

Paper: Misura Acrylic and Mixed Media on Arches rag pH-neutral Paper 42" x 31", 1993

Liliane uses acrylic on canvas and acid-free rag paper made from quality paint and materials. Her color values originate from research to put the right intensities together. The multimedia, collage and textural additions she incorporates form a sensual relief with different shapes. When the work is completed, each painting presents a vibrating surface to the viewer.

Liliane has exhibited at the General Delegation of Quebec in Rockfeller Center in New York. Many of her paintings are in private collections. She invites art consultants, corporations, designers as well as collectors who have particular needs regarding size and color schemes to contact her directly.


EXHIBITIONS:

1999: "MUSES ESTIVALES", Galerie New Look, Montreal
1998: "ADAGIO", Galerie Raphael Essebag, 460 Ste-Catherine 0., Montreal
1996: "TERRAFOLIA", Galerie du Conseil de la Peinture du Quebec
1995: "LES MUSES", Edifice Belgo, 372 Ste-Catherine, 0., Montreal
1994: Salon International de Design, Tribune des artistes, Certificate of Excellence
1994: Centre Culturel de la Ville de Pierrefonds Mention d'excellence
1994: Musee de Beaux-Arts de Montreal, Galerie de vente et location
1994 "PLURALITE" organization par le Conseil de la peinture du Quebec
1992: "LES FEMMEUSES" Galerie Pratt & Whitney, Longueuil
1992: "LE NOUVEAU MONDE", Conseil Des arts de la Communaute urbaine de Montreal
1990: "DANS DIX ANS, L'AN 2000", organisee par le RAAV,Maison de la culture Mercier
1988-89: "ELEMENT HUMAIN", program "EXPOSER DANS L'ILE", Conseil de la Communaute urbaine de Montreal


EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts, Universite du Quebec, Montreal, Canada - 1984
Master of Education, major in Audio-Visual, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 1978
Master of Art Education, Michigan State University, USA - 1975
Diploma in Art Education, Sir George Williams University, Montreal - 1973
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting, Sir George Williams University, Quebec. - 1971


AWARDS AND HONORS:

1994 La Tribune Des Artistes, Certificat d'Excellence, Salon international du DESIGN de Montreal
1994 Concours d'Art. Mention d'Excellence, Centre Culturel de la ville de Rorboro
1984 programme Exploration du Conseil Des Arts du Canada


MEDIA COVERAGE

1998 Le PLURALISME DANS L'ART AU QUEBEC; - Editions Iconia, Montreal,Quebec; Guy Robert, Art Historian
1996-97 Magazin'Art - Repertoire biennal des artistes canadiens en galeries, Editart International
1995 Repertoire - "Perspectives Peinture", Conseil de la Peinture du Quebec, 1st Edition
1995 Les Femmreuses, 10th anniversaire, catalogue, Pratt & Whitney, Canada, Edition
1995 Initiation methodes quantitatives en sciences humaines. Couverture - recto/cover, Gaetan Morin, Edition
1994 Guide Parcours "Survivre Debout", entrevue/interview, #13, Printemps
1992 Les Femmrteuses, catalogue, Pratt & Whitney, Canada, Edition
1992 Le Nouveau Monde, Le 35Oth anniversaire de la ville de Montreal, Fiches d'artistes, Conseil Des Arts de la communaute urbaine de Montreal, Edition
1992 Art Comtemporain du Canada; catalogue, Ader Tajan, Commissaires-Priseurs associes, Paris
1991 Liliane Clement, Painter of Time and Space, entrevue/interview, Magazin'Art, #3, Printemps Edition Internationale, Jacques Latulippe Edition
1992-93 Pluralite, catalogue, 'Le Conseil de la Peinture parcourt le Quebec, Edition 1992-93
1990 Dans 10 -ans l'an 2000- Fiches d'artistes, Reseau des maisons de la culture de Montreal, Edition
Guide Vallee, Edition 11, 1989
1988-89 L'Element Humain - Exposer dans L'lle; Fiches d'artistes, Conseil des Arts de la communaute urbaine de Montreal
1987 Le Dessin. dans l'Art Contemporain, Gerard Xuriguera, Editions Mayer, Paris
1970 Femmes Artistes au Quebec depuis 1970; Diaporama, Exchange culturel France-Quebec, Bordeaux, France

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Visual feasts for the eyes, my paintings offer a high energetic stimulus for the soul. My artwork is best described as a manifestation in my quest for originality. I have developed an approach to art creation with reference to nature and its organic elements. The contrasting colors, shapes, textures in my compositions identify a content full of imagination. As a result, a contemplative atmosphere emerges from the painting, leaving the viewer with impressions of poetical reflection. ~ Liliane Clement