MURSIC - LE CHATEAU

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 fleeting manner. Evocation is indeed at the heart of his approach, which favors intuition over expression, sensuality over intellect. Proceeding through additions, removals, and wiping, the artist develops a singular technique producing subtle effects or, conversely, dynamic movements. In the manner of watercolor, he privileges white, placing contrast at the heart of the composition. “The canvas is a search, an exploration,” says Gérard Mursic. Working with shapes and colors, varying rhythms and experimenting with light and textures, the artist cherishes the interactions between what complements each other but does not look alike. For it is instinct that shapes the painter's raw material. Free from the constraints of drawing and representation, Gérard Mursic lets himself be carried by his themes into the creative whirl. Along the way, the subject sometimes vanishes, 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 participates in the International Workshop of Art in September 2016. He was recently selected by the 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)…