Antoinette Favre Bonvin, artistic approach Paris
Artist Statement
As a visual artist, I've worked with a multitude of materials, but my style has naturally evolved towards abstract subject matter, bursting with color. Oil pastels and watercolor pigments, on a variety of supports, became a turning point in my work, helping me to define my style - which remains alive to changing subjects.
The "resistance" created by the materials makes certain areas indelible and impenetrable, leaving limited space for the pigments. The visual results are colorful landscapes that the eye hovers over, trying to capture the image as a whole, reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism. A period I love, especially artists like Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell. In this series, the idea that something already existed in certain media is present, coupled with new materials that must now coexist on a new surface together.
If "space is silence" as Zao Wou Ki said, then I would call my work rhythmic because harmony is always my goal: the harmony and value of the palette and space.
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