At the origin of Elise Leboutte’s paintings, there is an aspiration to explore the material possibilities of painting and to be surprised by it. Through the nature of the medium, the various processes in the emergence of the image are at play, thus becoming an essential motor in the artist’s work. It also claims the pleasure of a state of connivance with the technique and being able to follow it within its constraints.<\/p>\n
At the heart of the work, multiple layers of glazes are the first vectors of transparency and therefore of light, thus suggesting underlying luminosity, subtle shading and filtered glows. Color and light, atmosphere and space, border and surface, disappearance and appearance are at the center of Elise Leboutte\u2019s concerns. Her work sums up her desire to share with the viewer a particular chromatic experience.<\/p>\n