Each Painting is an invitation to join my journey. Deep down, there’s a boiling sea of ideas and emotions that generates constantly and need to be released and funneled into a medium that brings me peace of mind and calm- That’s what oil painting does to me!

The energy and drive can be felt through the boldness of colors, the intensity of the brushstrokes along with the heaviness of the palette knife layers and the emotions through the softness of the backgrounds and mysteriousness of the color composition.

No two days are alike so does my art! All of my paintings leave some of the background exposed showing where it begins on the wood panel and let rise to the surface a modern simplistic beauty through the layers.

A balancing act between choosing how much to reveal versus how much to hide creating the “perfect imperfect”.

The paintings are meant to evoke emotions and leave enough room for the new owner to complete their own story. I’m a generator of ideas, a generator of smiles through my art and there’s nothing that makes me happier than sharing it with you! — Genevieve Hamel