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ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is created with acrylic medium and palette knives. I use mostly basic colors and will mix them to give the perfect blend of colors for my subjects; I typically tend to blend to create reflection and define characteristics. For the finishing touch, I enjoy using the edge of the palette knife, which provides enhanced definition to the subject.  Large-scale canvases provide the best backdrop for larger-than-life creations. Pallet knives being my preferred tool of choice, I like to challenge myself to single strokes, with, of course, more than one paint color on the same palette. Different sized palettes are also used depending on the proportion of the subjects.

 

My paintings are an experience in abstract realism. I enjoy abstract realism because of the contradiction between the two...  We can see the art movement that is not easily defined because of binding of the two terms. My preferred subjects tend to be primarily people... women in dresses and men in suits. My audience would say that my work is abstract and elegant; they can see the movement, hear the music or feel the busy night life. I like to give them the infusion of the elements of design with the depiction of real life in visual arts. I enjoy working with music that I love to hear and will create my piece by imagery.

 

All my backgrounds have colors in the center median, with white at the top and bottom; this provides the required depth when I am creating the figures (people) as they are celebrating, dancing or mingling. I do it because I really like to look at the pieces... I imagine the conversations or the music playing; I feel the moment and get carried away in that point in time.

I have a passion for creating elegant people.  As the ladies especially would know, a big part of going out, celebrating, socializing, dancing, is the lead-up to it... anticipating, getting ready, getting excited... what to wear, hairstyle, makeup and accessories. Smooth & steady; in control of their potential, we see them as poised, graceful, sexy and self-controlled. That reflects on my life and that’s what makes it fun.  I am inspired by seeing beauty unfold, kind of like a butterfly coming out of its cocoon. I am also motivated by vibrant colors; that’s when I create the ladies with the dresses. My wardrobe is also linked to vibrant and stimulating colors such as my nails, my hair color and my shoes.

Ginette Melanson, Artist

GIN & JULZ
Outdoor Installation, Downtown Moncton

In 2014, as I was renovating my aesthetics salon, my friend Julie suggested I decorate the walls with brightly colored paintings: “let’s paint some abstract art… it’ll be fun”, she said. So on a Sunday-Funday, armed with a bottle of wine, a few large canvases, some acrylic paint and my old paintbrushes, we set out to create a few paintings.

 

As we started to hang them in my aesthetics salon, clients were in awe; many asked if the paintings were for sale, “Of course they are!!”, was the answer that led to the creation Gin & Julz.

 

Gin & Julz paintings are truly unique collaborations… each piece was created by the two artists working together on the same canvas.   

 

The pair’s claim-to-fame is an outdoor installation (on the side of a building) at Main & Lewis Streets, in downtown Moncton.  The installation consists of seven panels, each measuring10 feet in height by 4 feet in width.

Gin & Julz then followed up with a few pop-up art shows at a local bar/restaurant and one gallery exhibition.  The pair eventually went their separate ways.

FOR THE LOVE OF ART
 
Check out pages 146-149 of The Artistic Time 9, La Macina di San Cresci, for a snapshot of the 2018 Art Residency in Italy.

ART RESIDENCIES

Oct 2017
LA MACINA DI SAN CRESCI
1 week residency with :
Duccio Trassinelli & Demetria Verduci
Chianti (Fl), ITALY

Oct 2017
SHANKILL CASTLE ART RESIDENCY
1 week residency with :
Elizabeth Cope
Paulstown, Kilkenny, IRELAND

June 2011
PARIDISO HOLIDAY PAINTING
1 week residency with :
French Artist, Heidi Nguyen
Tuscany, ITALY

CANADA 150
ART ACQUISITION
PROGRAM

The Canada 150 Art Acquisition Program for NB Schools is a special initiative put in place to celebrate Canada 150 by offering public schools in New Brunswick the opportunity to acquire original artworks by New Brunswick's emerging, non-professional or professional artists.

Five original paintings are now available throughout NB Schools.

ÉPINGLETTE - CONGRÈS MONDIAL ACADIEN 2019
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FIERTÉ ACADIENNE 

Toute une occasion de fêter !!! Le design de l'épinglette No. 1 pour le Congrès Mondial Acadien 2019 à été inspiré par une de mes peintures. 

 

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