Megane Marchal

For as long as I can remember, I've had a passion for drawing and painting. I took art history and drawing classes in high school and dreamed of becoming a full-time painter. After high school, it was decided that I would do a bachelor's and then a master's degree in a business school specializing in marketing and management, and I lost sight of painting. In 2019, I left France and moved to Montreal to start my first job in marketing. It was with the arrival of COVID and while working from home that I rediscovered my passion for painting, and since April 2023 I've been happy to finally devote myself to it full-time.

My work consists in expressing my emotions and the wisdom I've acquired over the years. I believe that every person is a colorful and complex being, and that's what I try to capture in my paintings. You'll notice that some of my works are brighter than others, reflecting the depth of human experience. Faces, eyes and bodies have always fascinated me, so naturally they have become the main subjects of my work.
When I was 17, I did my first painting with newspaper pages found in my father's office, and it was a revelation. It was inevitable for me to continue working on texture with book or newspaper pages and to deepen my learning of this collage painting technique. I spend a lot of time hunting for books in the city to find titles that suit me and give these pages a second life.

Inspiration can strike at any moment, and I let my creativity flow naturally.

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