Collection: Marie Eve Kia

"My work focuses on the materialization of color and movement. My expression is deliberately abstract, even if there is sometimes a figurative intention. My themes are Life, Faith, Beauty. Music accompanies me throughout my work. Painting is an inner journey that brings colors to life. The body and mind are called upon to modulate lines and curves, to give intention to the brushstrokes. I gradually build up my colors until they are revealed. I like to saturate them, thicken them, build them up to their maximum opacity, give them consistency, leave them, or not, transparency. Their associations and combinations will make them unique and give them new identities, specific to each canvas. Like musical notes, they will interact and dialogue in rhythm and harmony. I then take the greatest care to bind them: I border them, I sew them like patchwork or stained glass.

Painting is silent, but it speaks to us; painting is solitary. Painting gives food for thought, it invites meditation, to let our souls wander. Painting is nourishment. It is essential to me. It is my voice, my reflection; it is infinite and generous."

• Marie Eve Kia