November 2011
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“You’re awesomely weird.
You wear cowboy boots and a dress.
You let your...”
– A male friend.
August 2011
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July 2011
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“So.
Will you paint my face?
I’ll give you a pint of Bajada’s...”
– Bloody loved and talented. Dave Jaffer
Unexpected Cheek Kissing.
June 2011
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March 2011
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Strings Of Mine
Shape with a hole through me That blinds you to whatever you seem to see Never care much Always come lust If you were not so crowed with pleasure Perhaps you could’ve used your hands for sure By plucking my soul & stretching my mind Sounds would have came out differently
You stumble upon what’s beyond you Being smitten with you.
[écrit en 1997]
January 2011
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September 2010
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CAROLINE« PAINTRESS PAINT »JEAN →
HANDSOME FURS AS ART!!!! by Handsome Furs on... →
July 2010
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“The face to face concept is absolutely necessary in my creative process to help...”
June 2010
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May 2010
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3+7=1
A preview of a serie of self portraits made out with drawing and photography for a NYC gallery proposal. Theme was Women, Sex and Age. Title is At Her Age. Questions asked by the curator for the exhibtion proposal were How I view my changing body? How does age affect experiencing my sexual/sensual life? Introspection of myself at the age of 37. Introspection as a philosophy of mind. ‘How do I...
Montreal, I’ve been missing you. Friends. The planets were pretty well aligned. Imparting happiness. I wouldn’t mind at all being forced to live in the Laurentians. Great escape. Friendly and beautiful. Blessed time. Sadly missed Black Diamond Bay at L’Esco though. I wasn’t quite ready for the opening at Mouton Noir to leave Quebec city earlier. Delicious sangria and...
April 2010
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WatchRencontre impromptue, jour de tempête durant l’accrochage de mes toiles au Cercle Qc city avec Guillaume Fortier pour une capsule de Ça Manque À Ma Culture, Télé-Québec.
Exposition MY FACE SPACED Mars 2008
Le désir asphyxié, ou comment l’industrie... →
Une assise théorique de mon mémoire de maîtrise Le Désir non résolu
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How intimate do you get with your models?
The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness, of fear and pleasure; it’s a little like making love, the physical act of love. (Francis Bacon)
Ask me anything
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WatchFeaturing CAROLINE JEAN painting Curtis Mayfield during Bran Van 3000s Astounded song at the Baie de Beauport, August 15th 2008 [Quebec city 400th Anniversary show] Concept by Fokus Production. Captured by Frederic Laroche.
© Astounded by Bran Van 3000
Confined I am
Is it OK if I go out of my apartment today? Because I might being accused of the cold taking over the city. I would’ve loved to attend his concert tonight. If only I was exposed to a cosmic storm. My primary power would deal with light waves, allowing me to render myself invisible, just like Susan Storm Richards. Yes, I am making fun of it. Therefore j’ai le coeur gros.
XEXE Gallery April 3 - 24, 2010 - TORONTO →
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Que penses-tu d'être mêre et artiste? Est-ce selon...
Une des plus belles créations de ce monde, un enfant, je suppose. J’ai longtemps voulu cette possibilité jusqu’à ce que je gave up on finding love.
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My gentle art of making enemies.
Sometimes you create based on emotions. Based on affects emerging from a specific moment in your life or a peculiar time. Based on your own perceptions. Based on logic and cognition vs words and behavior. INTENTIONS. Your own truth. and sometimes it is just the ONLY WAY LEFT for you to deal with things. The only way out.
This was the case with these artworks which with time, through the last past...
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Paintress's Paint runs until April 24, 2010 →
“I truly think you’re crazy, but apparently most painters are”
An informal statement of a solid pigment in a...
in the interval between a paintress & her muse & 12 bottles of red wine. Half of it illegally served - I didn’t get the SOP (Special Occasion Permit) on time. Hush-hush, don’t tell the AGCO. Romantic rebel remember? Putting your soul out there for all to consume is not that easy. However receiving only great response so far, discussing and sharing about art & your work is a...
Melodious and colorful particular point in time
the social part of a vernissage sort of freaks me out a bit. Or rather being the center of all the attention is. Not really used to it. The night was successfully fun. It all begun with Mother Nature performance. Apocalyptic style. Power almost went out during Matthew Barber ‘s soundcheck. A cocktail of flurries, wind and glimpse of sunshine through dark clouds. Mann, it SNOWED! Impressive...
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The creative zone is an exciting place to be.
Distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively, this Lovesh*t painting. I wonder after how many redos I’d stop sensing its vibrance. The singularity of the model is very important and a face-to-face is absolutely necessary for me. The encounter. The impression left, the affects retained as a consequence of what become next, the painting. Soul’s absorption. The sound that it makes...
And colors, scale, intuition & gesture.
The journey’s now within my creative process. After spending a week in paradise, beautiful Magdalen Islands [sunshine + playa + waves + mackerel fishing + boat riding + sunset + landscape + bath clay + wind + kites + surf + blueberry picking + sunshine + playa + waves + beaches + sand + monokini + TOPFREEDOM] & another one between work and drowsiness: allergic reaction to...
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Air Canada Rocket Chips – Destination Chili Citron
Always surreal to look down at all those blue turquoise round and rectangular receptacles next to the houses, streets, trees, cars that looks like miniatures, scale projects from above the ground. We are behaving like insects. Indeed. Beautiful multitude forms of the clouds underneath, indistinguishable without light and shadows. Puffy soft appearance. In between blue and green. Alive. Connected...
And the heart beats in its cage.
I’m more of a countryside girl who enjoys urban nightlife. Diversity. I like long walks on the beach. With sun block 45 on my skin and pinky rubber boots when it’s raining. My road trips these days consist on visiting friends outside but nearby the city. Buying strawberries, eating raspberries and craving for blueberries. 35 minutes on 4 wheels. Warm and cool breeze. Great melodies. Good company....
My grandma and your grandma - sittin’ by the...
I am peaceful here. I find balance with nature. the sound of the waves. blow gently and lightly. I found comfort clumsily playing Comptine d’un Autre Été by Yann Tiersen at the piano (trying to). Being here at 5h47 AM last night was an absolute delight. Amazing sunrise. I drove straight at Île d’Orléans after spending hours at the hospital holding my grandmother’s hand. Facing my own finality....
the imparting
Frequency’s good within a specific distance. Too much feedback when I come closer. Chaotic sounds. I wanted the simplest thing. Basics. Interaction. Recognition. Friendship, since sex and romance was not an option. Perhaps I wanted it too much. I tried too hard. I pushed too far. I failed. the connection failed. Out of range.
Green Tape
It all started with a plywood sheet. Cutting, gluing, working with nails gun.. . How sweet to unwrap xmas presents to find out you got a nail gun and a multi-angle saw…! I guess it’s better than have to go shopping for it yourself. Yes, when you want to be productive and still have money left to eat as a paintress you make your own canvas frames. Certainly not shopping at Omer DeSerres...
To me, they are.
How musing. I like being backstage with friends and observing the effect famous or almost famous people have on others. Really interesting to me and that’s what made me want to paint Known People when I heard comments regarding my paintings like “Are they famous?” in T.O. at a collective show 5 years ago. No they weren’t. Musicians, yes. Famous, not quite. Yet. Spontaneously replied: ”TO ME THEY...
So where are we going to I dont mind
The act of going from one place to another is amazing. I love it. An indefinite period from A to B without being linear. One thing among others I dig about Japanese culture is their relation with time. In Japanese, events in the present and future share the same tense. Think about it for a second. Isn’t the present that sets our future? I do believe so - and by the time you keep thinking about it,...
Episode II: Dans le Far East
The thing is when you are road tripping with friends time is missing to document the ambitious idea of doing artworks based on drawing + photography blog thing every time I hit the road. The only moment alone is to rest and sleep. I mean I had little time back at my room to draw but still. Good company often tend to replace gear. Drawing is like reading a book before going to bed. Same effect on...
Black Like Me
I don’t drink coffee on everyday basis. I love it black so it’s got to taste good. A bit tired of Tim Hortons when on the road, Olimpico latte to go was a treat. I owe this wonderful discovery to someone who was special to me. Someone I thought I could count among my friends.
1 Star and a half
Days Inn Lakeshore. End of King and Queen West. Perfect budget for a paintress (if not a princess). Haven’t slept much that night due to the noise the tramways were making every twenty minutes on the rails on a rainy night [end of the line for tramways] surrounding the only rated star - the hotel just lost the other half when I couldn’t flush the toilet no more and the front desk guy came up...
