Elsa Chesnel : Lines of Thoughts
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The Gallery at Queen's Park Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, New Westminster, British Columbia V3M 6W6
Elsa Chesnel, "The Magician," 2017, Charcoal, 18" x 24"
The Magician
Elsa Chesnel has always been seduced by charcoal, by the black mess engulfing her as the drawings emerge. With charcoal as her preferred medium, Elsa set out to express feelings through contrast. The limitations of the medium pushed Chesnel to use acrylics to express herself in larger format, which in turn allowed for experimentation with colour.
When creating, Chesnel loses herself in shapes and volumes, then refines and discovers meaning through lines as she explores her own thoughts. The artist is as much a part of the process as part of the final product. In many ways, "Lines of Thoughts" is Chesnel’s own version of Rorschach’s inkblots.