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"A Splash With Red"
Marie-Danielle Leblanc, "A Splash With Red," acrylic on canvas 16" X 12".
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"Untitled"
Marie-Danielle Leblanc, "Untitled."
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Marie-Danielle Leblanc, "Untitled."
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Marie-Danielle Leblanc, "Untitled."
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Marie-Danielle Leblanc, "Untitled."
Marie-Danielle Leblanc
Gerry Thomas Gallery — $3,300 - $4,400
Calgary
By Dina O'Meara
The organic vibrancy of Montreal-based artist Marie-Danielle Leblanc’s impressionistic landscape paintings strikes the eye on entering the Gerry Thomas Gallery in Calgary.
Thomas, who opened the gallery in 2007, started carrying Leblanc’s work four years ago after falling for work she created on wood panels using tar, resin and acrylic paint. The artist mixes her own colours, using minerals as well as plants and berries collected in northern Quebec.
“I’m interested in the inner functioning of the living,” says Leblanc, who was born in Trois-RiviËres, Que. “That’s why I particularly like to work with tar — an organic matter with unique colour, odor and texture.”
Leblanc, who earned a BFA from the Universite du Quebec - Montreal, was awarded first prize at the Salon 2010 of the SociÈtÈ Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris. Her art can be found in corporate offices in Montreal and Vancouver and in homes in Europe, Japan and North America.
Thomas recommends Leblanc’s work to collectors as it sells consistently and is gaining popularity in the United States and Europe. He also encourages new collectors to think about their own style and how different settings and lighting conditions can affect a painting’s impact.
