NADEAU, Marlène

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About the artist

From her hometown of Gaspésie, she is embarking on a campaign to raise her profile in the beautiful world of art.

It’s another example of the purpose of my artistic wanderings: to discover talent, regardless of their origins.

It happened this weekend at the Manoir Globensky estate in St-Eustache: the 6th edition of Sympos’Arts offered us a wonderful selection of artists from all over Quebec.

I had the chance to meet the friendly Marlène Nadeau, a woman originally from Sherbrooke who now lives her passion in the beautiful village of Gaspé on the south shore of the St. Lawrence.

Her adventure with painting began in October 2016 when she still didn’t know if she was capable of painting. She did it for herself at first, but she realized that people appreciated what she did. She developed her own style, her own way of painting, and ended up with acrylic canvases in a whimsical style illustrating the marine environment that surrounds her. Whales and ships are omnipresent; it’s the reality she experiences there in her beautiful Gaspésie. Coming from the Eastern Townships, she likes to say that she sees the ocean environment with a different eye because she wasn’t born with these landscapes in front of her eyes. She says she appreciates them more, notices them more, and that the desire to showcase them is heightened.

Her presence here in the Laurentians is her first symposium ever outside of the Gaspésie.

In her first year, she attended the Salon des Métiers d’art and Christmas markets in her hometown. Speaking of Gaspé, she mentions that it’s an environment that encourages the arts and that there are many places to exhibit. The proximity to Percé adds a synergistic effect to the adventure.

In Gaspé, her clientele is tourist. She also benefits from a small local clientele fond of special commissions.
The 40-year-old defines herself as a very Cartesian person and she has no choice, being a project manager at Raymond Chabot. Accounting is governed by strict rules and rigorous analysis processes, and painting thus fills a need to create that is lacking in her job.

2025 has begun.

Marlène has said it, 2025 will be her year, and we can believe her with the beautiful selections she has received with these two beautiful symposiums.

The adopted Gaspé native also spoke to me a lot about her creations and the messages hidden within them.

The octopus often appears in her work, as do whales. The octopus is used as a protector of the seabed against overexploitation. The cetacean symbolizes support, peace, and wisdom.

The titles of her compositions are also revealing: <Mer Nature>, <À la douce mémoire> & <Gaspésie, je t’aime> speak to many.

I am delighted to have been able to chat with a lover of the sea and painting. This will not be our last encounter.

Thank you very much, Marlène, for your enthusiasm during my visit.

Your paintings reflect a real talent in the creative spirit. They ignite moments of happiness in us through the elements they show us.

I look forward to seeing you again soon. Bye!!

Alain Lacoursière.