Amélie Le Grelle

Born in France in the early 1970s, Amélie Le grelle was initially an architect and designer. She turned to painting in the early 2000s, and discovered a true creative potential in the medium. The versatility of oil paint allowed her to express her emotions and energy.

Inspired by Paul Klee, Amélie Le Grelle does not wish to merely copy the real but make visible what she sees in it. She seeks to capture the instantaneity of a moment. She wishes to convey the atmosphere, the mystery, the poetry which lies in a landscape.

Part of her work focuses on vegetal landscapes. In those pieces nature appears in its rough brutality - the paint is worked, muddled, to render the rawness of foliage. With a keen eye for angles, Amelie Le Grelle’s depictions of trees, fields and forests are innovative and lively.

Striking counterparts to her vegetal works, her paintings of buildings show the beauty of rough concrete, worn out walls and empty spaces. Her initial formation in architecture is visible in the dexterity with which she paints architectural lines. Empty, symetrical, sometimes decayed, the batiments she depicts all ooze an enticing eeriness.

Inviting contemplation and introspection, Amelie Le Grelle works are filled with an uncanny energy that immediately grasps the viewer.