ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
MA : Where and
when were you born?
MAL : St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, June 6 1978
MA : Do you have
any formal art training?
MAL : DEC in
visual arts at CEGEP du VIeux-Montréal, Illustration at Collège
Salette
MA : What was
your occupation before you made the leap to full-time artist?
MAL : I have
always been an artist.
MA : At what age
did you become a professional artist?
MAL : 19 years
old
MA : What is your
medium of choice?
NL : Mix Media
: acrylic, ink
MA : Do you paint
on the motif, in the studio or both
?
NL : Mostly in
the studio
MA : Do you rely on
your imagination or do you use photographs as source material?
NL :
Photographs and lots of imagination
She got interested in drawing as at the very
young age of twelve and learned oil painting on her own at the
age of fourteen.
Upon receiving her diploma in visuals arts
from the cégep du Vieux Montréal she continued studying
illustration at the Collège Salette.
Marie-Andrée won a series of prizes at
different municipal exhibitions and started being noticed by art
galleries. She made her definite move to the art market at the
age of 19.
Recognizing her chance and with a lot of
ambition she still wants to learn from her work. Nowadays her
paintings are mostly acrylics with water-colour ink, a technique
which she has adopted for the richness of the colours.
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