Francine Cordier

Painting: a story of encounters

Cradled by the poetry of my maternal grandmother who sang to me about nature, I began to sketch, draw, illustrate, color, and have fun. At the age of 14 I would have liked to orient myself towards an artistic career but it was otherwise.

My painting is rather instinctive, spontaneous with rapid movement and it tends towards abstraction even if the characters, the woman and the child are often subjects which inspire me. The gesture first, the color before the shape. Impressions, imperfections, textures, impasto, glaze. The knife and the colapen as privileged tools. I compose then I decompose, I superimpose and I recompose. Little drawing, a few lines if necessary. Contrast in shapes and colors. A search for balance and emotions. A play of colors without forgetting my turquoise touch. And the need for writing is essential and comes in the form of graphics, all tinged with my sensitivity and my doubts. In painting I dare ... the colors of life ...