Claude GUIHOT-SIMONCIC

Criticism

Originally from Paris, and now living in Normandy, Claude GUIHOT-SIMONCIC has been painting for a dozen years now after having followed the lessons and advice of Patrick THIBOUT. You can easily see that in each original work by an artist, a self-portrait can be discerned: not their own face, stiffened by the quest for similarity, but their inner personality, which repeats itself despite him or her. It offers us the possibility, a precious gift, of recognizing the artist even before the signature is deciphered. Relatively speaking, this is the case with Claude GUIHOT-SIMONCIC’s painting and her incessant and volcanic expression. We can very well imagine this experienced hand yielding to the will of the spirit and character and exclusively giving in to it with a certain panache. Indeed, despite her figurative style and choice of motifs, the artist creates a mystery-painting where, under the chaotic and trembling reality, a genuine and active personality prevails throughout the incessant and imperative supplications. Each work appealingly bubbles with pure colours and instinctive volumes, rendering this painting distinctive, and therefore a far cry from the numerous trends. And when her inspiration is revived, it is to better define the rough poetry of nature and the elements with amazing shapes. This reflects an indifference to depicting the picturesque in order to further forge an active and enigmatic visual existence.

André RUELLAN, art critic

Exhibitions

There is no exhbitions for this artist yet.