Jeanne Bougie-Desjardins

"As a painter, JEANNE BOUGIE-DESJARDINS strives to explore new ideas and to refine her technique with acrylic. She constantly looks for new visual experiences, whether while traveling abroad or at home on Middle Lake. The idea of catching the perfect moment, or the best perspective and making it her own remains a delightful challenge. She is always looking for the little scene or that colour combination, or even a simple texture that will resonate for her, something that she can visualise on her canvas, or at least feels that it could be transformed into an image. At times these may have somewhat of a realistic feel, other times they retain only their essence and become purely abstract. For this artist, it’s never about representation but about expressing a feeling. This year at Studio JANO, we will highlight how two different artists sharing one creative space, constantly crossing paths, draw from colliding ideas as well as from the contrasts between painting and photography."