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My artistic approach is the result of a personal research that identifies me as a modern Acadian woman. L’ Acadie evokes in me a strong, clear, warm movement that represents our past, present and future. In my paintings, I try to integrate and capture the symbols of this Acadian movement. Light, always present in my canvases, reflects the force and vitality of this Acadian people. I was raised in a family where my father, Thomas Bourgeois, was a professional photographer and my mother, Anna (Bourque) Bourgeois, was an artist and a pianist. Each had the soul of an artist. I developed at a very young age a love for art. Our family unit was an extended family that included my maternal grand parents, Zacharie Bourque and Odile (Bourque) Dupuis. My grand parents helped me understand the collective past of l’Acadie. I often wanted to explore photography as my father did; however, I did not like the technical side of the profession. I only liked the angles, the lighting and the magic of a photo developing in front of my eyes when I was in my father’s dark room. I preferred my mother’s oil paints and brushes. I now create with great love like a photographer, but I go much further than a photographer by creating works of a figurative nature with an abstract side to the finished paintings. My work can be super realist but my newer creations includes quite a few canvases superimposed one on top of each other to give the illusion of a photograph developing in front of your eyes going from out of focus to focussed or from realist to abstract.
My work can be found in France, Africa and the United States and throughout Canada. Georgette Bourgeois | 506-384-2491 | bourgge1@hotmail.com
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