Mireille BALLESTRA

Criticism

What a fine observer Mireille BALLESTRA is! With a technique which is semi-naïve and semi-expressionist, she relates precise stories in every work, with magical, precious colours. Thanks to this artist, the simplest of tasks or the most usual location transform into chapters steeped in spells, into dreamy stories that turn reality on its head in order to stimulate an incisive, and at times secretly fiendish, imagination. Mireille BALLESTRA definitely knows how to inject energy into every movement, every posture, delighting us with her ingenious pictorial style in so much as she breaks away from the usual routines, uses and benchmarks, while masterly reflecting her thoughts and dynamism. This painting corresponds fully to what any observer is entitled to expect: it deeply moves through its appeal and allows access to an original face of creativity. The colours are acidic and yet so transparent and fluid around the thoroughly-mastered motifs. While applied in uniform touches with unrepentant brush strokes, the colours remain in perfect harmony with her mind-shape-colour approach, which is so rarely seen on gallery walls. With Mireille BALLESTRA, everything is magical in her painstaking description, which is further enhanced by a joyful charm, rendering her painting totally captivating in its decisiveness and singularity. And let us not forget the dynamic and expressive purity of the secret drawings of Mireille BALLESTRA’s son.

André RUELLAN, art critic

Exhibitions

Du 25/06/2022 au 29/06/2022 : LION-SUR-MER : MIREILLE BALLESTRA PARTICIPE A L'EXPOSITION "PASTELS ET HUILES" A LA GALERIE LE TRIANON

Du 17/08/2018 au 23/08/2018 : LION-SUR-MER : EXPOSITION MIREILLE BALLESTRA, LILIAN ANNE ET LAETITIA LESIEUR A LA GALERIE D'ART LE TRIANON

Du 04/10/2013 au 10/10/2013 : CREULLY : EXPOSITION MIREILLE BALLESTRA AU CHATEAU DE CREULLY SALLE COLBERT

Du 07/09/2013 au 30/09/2013 : HERMANVILLE-SUR-MER : EXPOSITION DE MIREILLE BALLESTRA A LA MEDIATHEQUE D'HERMANVILLE-SUR-MER

Du 07/09/2013 au 30/09/2013 : HERMANVILLE-SUR-MER : EXPOSITION MIREILLE BALLESTRA A LA MEDIATHEQUE