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À Casselman, deux artistes locaux, Monique Bergevin (à droite) et France Couillard (à gauche), ont partagé lemême local pour exposer leur travail. Alors que c›est le premier ARTour pour Monique Bergevin , France Couillard est impliquée depuis cinq ans et est même membre du comité de l’ARTour. Mme. Bergevin, dont les peintures sont à base d’huile, prévoit continuer à participer à l›ARTour dans les années à venir. Mme. Couillard a été professeur de peinture pendant de nombreuses années. Elle préfère utiliser de la peinture acrylique. —photos Alexia Marsillo In Casselman, two local artists, Monique Bergevin and France Couillard, shared the same space to showcase their work. Whereas this is the first ARTour Bergevin has parti- cipated in, Couillard has been involved for five years now and is even on the organizing committee. Bergevin, whose paintings are oil-based, plans on participating with the ARTour for years to come. Couillard had been a painting instructor for many years and she prefers acrylic paint, mainly due to the shorter amount of time it takes to dry in comparison to oil. Bergevin worked in human resources and adult education for most of her life and once retired rediscovered and reconnected with her passion for visual art and painting. She favours realism in her paintings, but has begun experimenting with abstract. On average, ARTour locations received approximately 1200 to 1300 visits in total throughout the weekend, which comes out to about 250 purchased ARTour Pass’ports. Prescott-Russell, Ottawa and certain parts of Quebec. “I don’t recreate nature, I reinvent it or re-imagine it,” she said. “If you want a realist piece of art, take a photograph.”
studies in any art-related program.The styles of each local artist differ fromoil painting, to acrylic, to ink and charcoal paintings. Some artists have participated in this event for many years, while others are new to the tour. Ghislaine J. Auger-Boileau has been painting since she was 13 years old; her showcased work in Clarence Creek was a combination of oil, pastel and charcoal pain- tings inspired mainly by animals and her own family. Auger-Boileau is particularly fascinated with wolves and scenes of nature. Her exhibition was comprised of work span- ning over several years, including a portfolio of paintings she had done as a young girl. Auger-Boileau is often commissioned by local residents to paint personal demands for special occasions. Across the region, Joyce Phil, a retired art history teacher who taught at Montreal’s Dawson College for 31 years, showcased her acrylic paintings outside her home in Hawkesbury. The inspiration for her work comes mostly from nature scenes around
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Ghislaine J. Auger-Boileau peint depuis l’âge de 13 ans, et ses œuvres, mises en valeur à Clarence Creek, sont une combinaison de peintures à l’huile, au pastel et au fusain, inspirées principalement des animaux et de sa propre famille. —photo Alexia Marsillo
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