Biography

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Kelly Paterson was born in Montreal in 1960 and now lives in Repentigny. In order to perfect her practice in painting, she took courses at the School of Fine Arts in Montreal. She is an artist fully devoted to her art who imposes an exemplary discipline on herself, that of painting on a daily basis. She is inspired by nature, which never ceases to amaze her in all its beauty and complexity, with its colors, shapes and movements. Kelly Paterson mainly paints flowers with bright colors and multiple textures through which she expresses the emotion of the moment. According to the artist, it is the light in the work that matters. In his paintings, this light is sometimes discreet, sometimes sustained, it imposes itself or insinuates itself. For Kelly Paterson, expressing herself with color is an endless story of creation that is renewed according to her inspiration and her evolution. The artist creates his paintings with passion and above all taking into account the challenge of expressing the still unexpressed, unexplored emotion. Kelly Paterson has participated in several symposiums in Montreal and Quebec and in 2011 she was selected to exhibit at the Caroussel du Louvre in Paris.

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Artistic approach

 

Kelly Paterson is an artist fully devoted to her art. Every day, she makes it her duty to paint and imposes an exemplary discipline on herself in the search for her work. His inspiration comes from his many points of interest, among other things, nature. This nature that we meet every day, the one that fascinates and amazes us with so much beauty in its evolution and in its expression; its colors, its shapes, its movements. There is also light. Sometimes discreet, sometimes sustained, it imposes itself or insinuates itself. It is she who allows us to appreciate all the nuances of color. This ability to express oneself with color is an endless story of creation, it is renewed according to inspiration. His work evolves. She shapes her paintings with pleasure, but above all taking into account the challenge of abstraction, the expression of emotion that is still unexpressed, unexplored. It is expressed in the texture, the relief at the same time as the color in the emotion of the moment.