MURSIC - CANICULAIRE

Gérard Mursic’s subjects are as rich as they are varied. Natural landscapes, seascapes, urban environments, still lifes, or floral arrangements are evoked in the artist’s oil paintings in a spontaneous and furtive way. Evocation is indeed at the heart of his approach, which favors intuition over expression, sensuality over intellect.

Proceeding by additions, removals, and erasures, the artist develops a singular technique producing subtle effects or, on the contrary, dynamic movements. In the manner of watercolor, he prioritizes white, placing contrast at the heart of the composition. “The canvas is a search, an exploration,” asserts Gérard Mursic. By working with forms and colors, varying rhythms and experimenting with lights and textures, the artist cherishes the interactions between what complements but does not resemble.

For it is instinct that shapes the painter’s raw material. Freed from the constraints of drawing and representation, Gérard Mursic allows himself to be swept away by his themes in the creative whirl. Along the way, the subject sometimes evaporates, disperses, or gets lost, forcing the spectator to engage in turn in the aesthetic process, taking ownership of the canvas, projecting their imagination onto it.

CARRE D’ARTISTES
He has been rewarded in numerous art salons (Thorigné-Fouillard, St Brieuc, Issoudun...).
Invited by the Turkish city of Kusadasi, he participated in the International Workshop of Art in September 2016. He was recently selected by Fellini Gallery of Berlin for the Velocity Exhibition in 2016.
Paintings visible at the PYGMALION gallery in ST NAZAIRE, La Galerie ST PAUL in ST PAUL de VENCE.
Honorary guest at ST MARTIN DE BOSCHERVILLE (Rouen) ERNEE, ISSOUDUN (2022), ST PRYVEE (Orléans) (2021), BENOUVILLE (Caen), LUC SUR MER (Caen), YVETOT, LA BOUILLE (Rouen), CARQUEFOU (2023), LOCQUIREC (2023)…