With a sophisticated simplicity, Véronique Joffre tackles emotions and concepts at the core of life and the world around us.  The young French artist graduated from Ecole Estienne in Paris and Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg about three years ago and now has a budding career in popular French children's books such as La chèvre de monsieur Seguin (Lito) and et Contes du Monde (collectif, Amaterra).



The artist has also lent her talents to the Totoro Forest Project, Sketchtravel, and a recently commissioned project for the Puppet Museum of Lyon from which she is now creating a book adaptation.  Her true dream is to write her own stories to accompany the heartwarming imagery that she creates.  The following are quotes permitting a glimpse into the artist's methods and inspiration.

“Nature is much more powerful than anything else and imagination is one of the only things we have to escape from our material world. Nature is the main inspiration for imagination and they are both the greatest creative forces of the world.."

"When I create a picture, I don't like to know where I'm going, I prefer to be surprised by chance, with the shapes and colours that I juxtapose that will create characters, settings and stories almost by themselves.. I cut, I paste, I daub, trying with my pictures to carry people away, children as well as grown-ups!"

We are very pleased to offer a new giclée print from the artist at this Saturday's opening reception of Enchanté (see below)

 
Véronique Joffre | Village Aux Couleurs | 19" x 13" | $30

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