Expressing the subtle aspects of our world, myths and stories through mysterious landscapes and soul portraits


Expressing the subtle aspects of our world, myths and stories through mysterious landscapes and soul portraits

Bio

Sophie Gerin is a French artist who divides her time between the South of France and Belgium. Her work focuses on lyrical abstraction through landscapes and portraits. Gerin grew up and worked in Paris. She left her job in finance in 2006 to start her artistic career, creating palette knife oil paintings. Gerin then trained in engraving and acquired her skills as a painter at the Versailles School of Fine Arts. Very attracted to pigments, textures and passionate about minerals , Gerin has been creating jewelry since 2015.


Gerin’s artworks are in private collections in France and in Belgium. She is currently represented by the “This is Not Belgium” Gallery and by Galeria Mentana in Florence. Gerin has participated in over 20 shows in Paris and France, including a solo exhibition at “La Galerie de l’Excellence” at La Roche Posay. Gerin was awarded second prize for painting at the Salon des arts de Vaucresson in 2011



Artist statement

My work explores the subtle and enigmatic aspects of our world, expressed through myths, stories, subtils landscapes and soul portraits. My soul portraits seek to capture the inner self, the journey of the human being between shadow and light. My expression is abstract. I consider aspects of ancient civilizations, the stories of humanity, the legends of man and woman and how we might still learn from these stories in the 21st century.

I create with various techniques, including watercolor for its transparency, palette knife oil painting for its texture, and engraving on copper plates for its surprising contrasts. I employ rich colors and spontaneous expression.

I seek to capture the ancestral wisdom I have been able to find traces of through vibrant and profound encounters and shared stories. I wonder about the transmission of wisdom through art and symbols. My wish is to share a vision going forward and to create connections - through the sweetness of a face, the question suggested by a look, and by travelling through subtil landscapes, myths and dreams.

In this fragmented world where shadows arise, I express a wish for peace through my latest series, Colombe.