Mariclair Plante

Biography

Marie-Claire Plante (Mariclair) was born in Ste-Anne-de-la-Rochelle in Quebec. In the 1980s, she moved to Sherbrooke in the Eastern Townships where she currently lives.

Passionate about the arts since childhood, she explores as many techniques as possible: drawing, painting, textiles, media mix … She cumulates several training courses of masters in visual art, private and in groups, with recognized artists such as Francine Labelle, Seymour Segal, Laurent Bonet.

In 2005, a visceral need to express himself freely brought him into the world of abstract art.

She opened her professional workshop and since then produced large-format abstract works between automatism and abstract expressionism.

She is a member of RAAV and the Federation of Canadian Artists.

Recipient of several awards since 2012, she is frequently cited in local media (TV, radio, press).

His works are part of public and private collections in Canada, the United States and Europe.



Artistic Approach

Inspired by abstract expressionist currents and automatism, the painter Mariclair Plante produces vibrant and poetic works. Freed from constraints, she paints listening to her emotional feelings. His first inspiration will be his experience and his non-figurative path. This commands a state of being in suspension finally free from interference. What some call the quest for emptiness. She comes to this state by meditating and listening only to the drum of her heart.

It is from there that the correspondences spring up in “synchronicity” with his gestures which then become both the antennae and the vehicle of his emotional universe. Moreover, it is the initial gesture which will guide all the others expressing a great whole, indefinite and nevertheless singularly present.

Its mission is to add a touch of sensitivity and happiness to everyone’s daily life by coloring indescribable emotions with words.