Lynda Thibault

For as long as I can remember, art has fascinated me and drawing has always been part of my life. The year 1999 marked the beginning of a period of exploration of various materials, during which I discovered charcoal and pastel, which quickly became my preferred medium.

In 2014, after a long period without drawing, I resumed my passion for drawing by creating a portrait of a woman in traditional costume and her child using graphite pencils. This portrait marked the beginning of a long creative period that led me to enroll at L'École des Beaux-Arts de Lévis.

These courses were to play an important role, as they encouraged me to move away from working from models to working from my imagination. My first painting, Pleasure Defended, is indicative of this period, when my characters emerged from my imagination. A child on a bench looking out of an unsupervised window.

Each of my paintings tells a story filled with emotion. In my paintings, I like to create moods and arouse emotions in the viewer. My world is accessible to all, and it's easy to imagine walking through it. My current work includes several landscapes and portraits. From one canvas to the next, my state of mind differs, and sometimes I allow myself to dare a little more with color.

Over the years, I have participated in an exhibition organized by the Desjardins CLSC and in several group shows. This summer, in August 2021, in Émergence Québec, a web magazine, I was the subject of an article on my artistic career, and received a mention of excellence from Émergence Québec magazine. This magazine highlights emerging artists in Quebec, and I am now considered an emerging artist in Quebec.

Ms. Lynda Thibault painter from Lévis

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