The artist
No doubt, the muses must have watched over Patricia from her very cradle, gifting her with an artistic spirit eager to unfold and mature.
Born in a small village tucked away in the hills near the city of Lyon, Patricia Perrier has always drawn with effortless grace. Since childhood, she has been filling countless sheets of paper, driven by a passion that has never left her.
In a constant search, she enriches this fervor by exploring different materials, and she finds the strength of her work in acrylic and oil with a knife on canvas. Painting is her oxygen... her fight.
With unwavering determination, she pours her emotions, energy, and exacting standards into her work, bringing forth the “Other” within — a captivating and creative force.
Through her keen observation and compassionate gaze upon humanity, Patricia captures the very soul of her subjects in the fleeting instant of a gesture or posture. Hand and mind work in harmony on this intimate journey.
Emotion gently rises on the canvas. The artist reflects, sketches, explores, constructs, and deconstructs. Like a musician practicing scales, her hands seek the subtlest sensations until they find the resonance of authentic expression. It is a moment of profound connection between subject and painter — the artwork reaches its full maturity.
Her gaze lingers with delight on these simple moments of life, which she masterfully captures on canvas without ever freezing them. Her work is alive.
From her mischievous, sulky, fragile, confident, or seemingly absent figures, she seizes the grace of their gestures and shares it with us in a gentle reality.
Each painting tells a story: whispered through the refined play of lines and expressive strokes of color, sometimes bold, sometimes delicately crafted. The silhouettes carry the full force of expression with charm, gaining a special dimension through the faces the artist invites us to imagine.
Passionate and amused by the many facets of being, Patricia adds depth to these fleeting attitudes, suspended gestures, and imagined conversations. These are the essential spices of her unique language — she reveals without giving everything away.
As in a mirror, it is up to the viewer to discover what the work gently awakens in him.
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