Julia Yakobi

BIO Born in Montreal in 1960, Lise St-Cyr discovered watercolour in Granby, while studying Arts at Sherbrooke University. She made her watercolour debut as a portraitist and executed children portraits for 25 years. She started to do watercolour on canvas in 2005. Different from paper, this medium brings her spontaneity and freedom. St-Cyr develops her…

ARTIST STATEMENT I paint “alla prima”, blending the pigments together on the canvas using a palette knife. This technique allows textures to evolve naturally, and permits a loose, spontaneous style and, in turn, evokes the tactile quality of my subjects. The goal of my painting is to evoke the mood of a natural setting and…

ARTIST STATEMENT I have always painted the images engraved in my memories since my childhood. My first paintings were oil-based portraits. Then I worked with watercolour, acrylics and mixed media. My style also evolved from representational art to abstract art. I work with realistic objects, but I present them from a surrealistic perspective. In the…