Today we’d like to introduce you to Marie Antuanelle.
Marie, please kick things off for us by telling us about yourself and your journey so far.
Portholes to the Ocean Gemstones, Seashells and Fire. Antuanelle’s artworks spark conversations about the importance of marine conservation—her paintings connect people to the pure beauty of popular beaches and ocean reserves, depicting them as if they were completely untouched by human presence. Antuanelle is a Sydney-based abstract artist from Siberia. Her artworks are inspired by places she has travelled to, and objects she has collected from those locales: GEMSTONES, PEARLS, SWAROWSKI CRYSTALS and SEASHELLS.
Using GEMSTONES, PEARLS and SWAROWSKI CRYSTALS to adorn her artworks, Antuanelle highlights how precious natural beauty is to humanity—she intentionally erases any traces of human presence to impart the feeling of a completely wild and pure world.
Can you give our readers some background on your art?
I was painting since I was 5 years old, but only last 5-6 years it became professional/commercial. I travel all around the world trying to capture and portray the different oceans in my art under the slogan, ‘Four Oceans in Seashells, Resin and Fire’. I try to capture the emotions evoked in different places using fire and liquid glass (epoxy Resin) together with seashells, mother of pearl, gemstones and Swarovski crystals and items that I pick up along away from each location.
I often use aerial drone photography as my source of inspiration for the perspective and colors – the view rising above the coast line gives the feeling of the flight – ascending towards sky yet trying to take into the view all the earth beneath you. I pour liquid medium onto board or canvas and then manipulate it with gravity and different sticks. I paint with music on as it gives certain energy and the character to my movements – movement of my hand with a plastic cup in it pouring translucent liquid onto horizontal surface. It is a meditation, I do not feel time – 5-6 hours can disappear in a split second, it is always not enough time.
All the lines and shapes keep moving towards gravity for hours after I make my pour. To create one layer, you must prepare for a long time, be very focused and ready. You have 30 minutes to pour the colours, after that you shouldn’t touch it. It still continues to move on the board and you have to monitor it to make sure it hasn’t fallen to the floor. The painting continues to change during 3 to eight hours, and after two days, it will set and the next layer can be added. It is translucent and you can see one layer through another. This creates depth and very organic shapes. What I am trying to do is make it less man-made and more natural.
Do you think conditions are generally improving for artists? What more can cities and communities do to improve conditions for artists?
I think social media helps artists interact with collectors directly and as online shopping is taking part instead of gallery shopping – sometimes artists are more successful in that then the galleries. first of all provide free creative studio spaces or artist hubs where they can create art without paying rent – that is 95% of susses then – provide them free gallery spaces where they can sell their works by themselves without gallery curators and other intermediary people who charge commission
What’s the best way for someone to check out your work and provide support?
My roster of partners includes the famous Channel9’s The Block Shop, United Interiors, Bondi Wall, Mosman Art Gallery, Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Australian Maritime Museum, Royal Easter Show and Westfield.
You can find my works on display at Cafes and galleries around Sydney, Gallery Cafe, Oliver Brown Cafe in Eastern Suburbs, DiversArty ArtGallery Dee Why, Sydney and my Studio in Zetland.
You can support my work via sharing my art with others via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/antuanelle.art/ or via my website https://antuanelle.com/
Contact Info:
- Address: Sydney Australia
- Website: https://antuanelle.com/
- Phone: +61432432826
- Email: antuanelleart@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antuanelle.art/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AntuanelleArt/
Image Credit:
Casey Morton
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