MURSIC - Basse mer

Gérard Mursic’s subjects are as rich as they are varied. Natural landscapes, seascapes, urban environments, still lifes and floral compositions are evoked in the artist’s oil paintings in a spontaneous, fleeting manner. Evocation is indeed at the heart of his approach, which favors intuition over expression, sensuality over intellect.
Working through additions, removals and wiping, the artist develops a distinctive technique that produces subtle effects or, conversely, dynamic movement. As in watercolor, he favors white, placing contrast at the heart of the composition. “The canvas is a process of searching, an exploration,” says Gérard Mursic. Working with shapes and colors, varying rhythms and experimenting with light and textures, the artist cherishes the interactions between things that complement one another but are not alike.
For instinct is what shapes the painter’s raw material. Freed from the constraints of drawing and representation, Gérard Mursic lets his themes carry him into a creative whirlwind. Along the way, the subject sometimes evaporates, scatters or gets lost, compelling the viewer to engage in the aesthetic process in turn, making the canvas their own and projecting their imagination onto it.
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He has received awards at numerous art exhibitions (Thorigné-Fouillard, St Brieuc, Issoudun... .
Invited by the Turkish city of Kusadasi, he took part in the International Workshop of Art in September 2016. He was recently selected by the Fellini Gallery in Berlin for the Velocity Exhibition in 2016.
Paintings on view at the PYGMALION gallery in ST NAZAIRE, La Galerie ST PAUL in ST PAUL de VENCE.
Guest of honor in 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)…