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Born in St. Marc-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Gisèle Comtois now lives in Burlington, Ontario. She has studied various aspects of fine arts at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montréal, QC, Cambrian College in Sudbury, McMaster University in Hamilton and Sheridan College in Oakville. Ms. Comtois has taught art at Sheridan College in Oakville, École Ste-Marie in Oakville and École St-Phillipe in Burlington. Ms. Comtois' own work has also been the subject of academic study at Sheridan College.
Ms. Comtois has received many awards for her work. Selected out of 600 artists, she is also included in the "200 New Visions", a book depicting 200 Canadian artists released in March of 1990. The artist has taken countless sketching trips exploring the Gaspé coast, Charlevoix, the Laurentians, the Eastern Townships in Québec, the Maritimes, Northern Ontario, France and Italy. We see the influence of their bold geometric forms in her compositions. There is a majestic balance between the horizontal and the vertical lines as the whole work is flushed with striking colours inspired by these haunting contributors to the expansive Canadian landscape. Ms. Comtois is also an avid traveler, having visited various regious of Brazil, France and Italy. She has recently returned from a trip to Southern Italy, Sicily, India and Egypt. Subsequent paintings reflect her experience, depicting as they do the landscape and the archaeology found in the Valley of the Temples. Several craters were found dating from around 460BC, one of which represented Dionysus, the God of wine, drama, fertility and joy. A vase measuring 42 cm high by 37.3 cm was found in an Agrigento necropolis. The vase is depicted in the painting entitled: "Coronation of Hemes". Currently, Ms. Comtois is working on sketches from her 2005 trip to India. In these paintings, she is showing her personal view of Northern India, with the population sharing their lives and living in harmony with the local animals. The strength of the country is evident in the profound spirituality of the population, their magnificent temples and the overall joy of the country once ruled by Maharajas. The paintings depicting Egypt have a different feeling. In centuries of Kings and Queens, the Nile, the Pyramids and lavish Tombs at Saqqara, which lies at the heart of a vast burial ground, all showcase wealth and power. The tombs document the faith and vanity of those rulers preparing for Eternity. |
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