Élise CarpentierWATERCOLOUR & MIXED MEDIA
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MEET THE ARTIST
About Élise
An imaginative practice of close attention
Élise Carpentier creates finely detailed watercolours and mixed-media paintings in which the familiar and the fantastical frequently share a world. Animal companions, radiant faces, elaborate ornaments, and enigmatic figures appear among gardens, forests, and imagined landscapes.
Her paintings reward slow looking. Intricate surfaces reveal repeated marks, delicate patterns, and subtle colour transitions, often produced through sustained work over many hours.
How the work takes shape
Élise’s practice includes traditional painting and, in some works, AI-assisted visual ideation as part of the early compositional process. She then develops and paints her own interpretation by hand. This distinction matters: the works presented here are physical paintings, and the qualities of pigment, surface, repetition, and time are essential to their making.
One particularly detailed watercolour, featuring a luminous figure surrounded by flowers and reflective forms, took hundreds of hours to create. Élise later gifted it in gratitude to someone important in her life.
Artist statement — forthcoming
Élise’s own words about her influences, intentions, and materials will be added here after she has reviewed them.
EXHIBIT · COLLECT
Impact Galerie
Élise’s work is currently exhibited and available for purchase through Impact Galerie in Old Montréal.
356 Rue Saint-Paul Ouest · Montréal, Québec
Contact the gallery for current availability and purchase enquiries. Works marked “private collection” are included in the portfolio.
