About the gallery
Experience Art in the heart of Sidney
Sensitivity to the subject and attention to dramatic lighting concludes in tactile woven textures. Careful use of composition and colour creates a tapestry of hues found in nature that are magnified on canvas. The result is engaging. The viewer is led on a compelling journey through the painting. Subject matter varies, including landscapes such as forest scenes and trees, seascapes, figurative, portraiture, and abstract. Using a palette knife and large brushes is preferred for large canvases and especially oversized murals. For realism portraiture, the preference is a linen canvas that is a standard size. Paintings range from realism as in the style of the old masters to portraiture and still life, impressionism, post-impressionism, and abstract expressionism.
The most recent murals are done in a transparent, ethereal style of painting with minimal details. They can be any subject matter. Several styles of paintings are available.
Sensitivity to the subject and attention to dramatic lighting concludes in tactile woven textures. Careful use of composition and colour creates a tapestry of hues found in nature that are magnified on canvas. The result is engaging. The viewer is led on a compelling journey through the painting. Subject matter varies, including landscapes such as forest scenes and trees, seascapes, figurative, portraiture, and abstract. Using a palette knife and large brushes is preferred for large canvases and especially oversized murals. For realism portraiture, the preference is a linen canvas that is a standard size. Paintings range from realism as in the style of the old masters to portraiture and still life, impressionism, post-impressionism, and abstract expressionism.
The most recent murals are done in a transparent, ethereal style of painting with minimal details. They can be any subject matter. Several styles of paintings are available.
About The Artist
Odette Laroche
Intuitive painting gives me the freedom to express with marks and ideas that are fresh at that moment. Composition and dramatic lighting whether present in a real vista or reconstructed for appeal and emotional response add to the drama. Colours that meld together and excite each other mix optically creating new hues. Palette knife marks give the illusion of depth within the paint. Imagery from nature’s visual clues is etched in memory. Siphoned imagery strengthens intuitive, spontaneous painting sometimes pushed to the edge of realism and abstract.
Passion is provoked in me by nature’s various, sometimes violent, cloud displays, portrayed through hues, shapes, intensity, and mark-marking evidenced in the scenes displayed by nature’s daily dramas. Nature displays her rugged beauty textures and colour.
About the Artist
Odette Laroche
Picture, Still Life, and Figurative paintings are just another landscape. I find that painting, whether it is a dancer in front of me or a posing model, is very gratifying. Facial studies reach deep into the soul and psychology of the subject. People’s faces are like a novel and sometimes give away the path taken while mysteriously keeping secrets. Expressions, mannerisms, authoritative presence, compassionate kindness, innocence, youth, and wisdom with age depict the journey.
About the Artist
Odette Laroche
Intuitive painting gives me the freedom to express with marks and ideas that are fresh at that moment. Composition and dramatic lighting whether present in a real vista or reconstructed for appeal and emotional response add to the drama. Colours that meld together and excite each other mix optically creating new hues. Palette knife marks give the illusion of depth within the paint. Imagery from nature’s visual clues is etched in memory. Siphoned imagery strengthens intuitive, spontaneous painting sometimes pushed to the edge of realism and abstract.
Passion is provoked in me by nature’s various, sometimes violent, cloud displays, portrayed through hues, shapes, intensity, and mark-marking evidenced in the scenes displayed by nature’s daily dramas. Nature displays her rugged beauty textures and colour.
About the Artist
Odette Laroche
Picture, Still Life, and Figurative paintings are just another landscape. I find that painting, whether it is a dancer in front of me or a posing model, is very gratifying. Facial studies reach deep into the soul and psychology of the subject. People’s faces are like a novel and sometimes give away the path taken while mysteriously keeping secrets. Expressions, mannerisms, authoritative presence, compassionate kindness, innocence, youth, and wisdom with age depict the journey.
