Isabelle Courtiau
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Isabelle Courtiau

France • 1971

Biography

A graduate of the Fine Arts of Nantes, she runs painting workshops in Pont-Aven. Isabelle Courtiau alternates paint applied with a large spatula and flat varnish, like a mille-feuille towards a rendering close to a lacquer. These dozens of successive steps create a depth and a vibration revealing the first layers of paint. The "figurative" painting becomes "abstract" when you approach it.
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