France
Hyperrealism fascinates, it applies to representing its subjects in the smallest details.
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Cécile Carrega, also known by her artist name Crga Pastel Animalier, is a French pastelist from Chesnay, near Versailles.
Passionate about the animals she has always loved to draw, she discovered dry pastel a few years ago and acquired the technique autodidactically.
Her work aims to pay the greatest possible tribute to the animal she represents by combining technique and creativity to give birth to unique works that convey a real emotion.
She has been exhibiting for several years and has accumulated experiences; exchanges with the public are one of her motivators. She was recently awarded a bronze medal during her first participation in the Salon des Artistes Français at Art Capital and has also exhibited in New York.
ARTISTIC APPROACH:
Drawing every shadow, every relief, every hair, every nuance of an animal to see it gradually come to life on paper is what animates each of my works. I love to transcribe the soul of my subject; this requires a lot of patience and observation. When I draw, time flows without me realizing it and I completely escape; it is a privileged moment between the animal and me. I work exclusively with dry pastel, mainly in the form of pencils, which allows me great precision. My encounter with dry pastel was sudden and unexpected, but it resonated as an évidence. Each new painting is a deepening of this versatile medium that allows me to express all my creativity.
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