Artwork description:

'A Wise Woman Once Said...' was exhibited at WOMAN'S ESSENCE MUSA International Art Space exhibition in Collaboration with UNESCO in Rome, in September 2020.

This work was selected in 2022 as part of Beulah Van Rensburg's top picks of portrait artworks. Beulah Van Rensburg is the founder of Van Rensburg Galleries in Hong Kong and Australia, Artistic Director at The Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist Residency in France and Artfinder curator.


This piece reflects serenity and wisdom. A beautiful piece that invites touch, she has a contemporary stippled teal patina with a hint of brown on the dress. She can be displayed in a variety of angles (front, side, or back). This work was professionally cast at MST Bronze in Toronto.

Classically trained as a figurative painter, I was inspired to create this piece directly from the model with full completion later in the studio. The original piece was created using WED water-based air-dry clay (no firing). Once leather-dry a silicone mold was made from which to produce a limited edition of 10. The edition will have a variety of patinas.

This piece is the second in the edition of only ten (2/10) signed, numbered, and stamped on the back right. She may be affixed to a base if desired, however, I prefer her to stand alone as shown.

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Joyce Fournier is a multidisciplinary painter and sculptor living and working in Toronto. Art is her true passion, and she has had an extensive art practice for more than 25 years consisting of Abstract Works, Landscapes, Figurative Works, and Bronze Sculpture.

While her current focus is Abstract Expressionist painting, Joyce also has a love for sculpting, painting and drawing the human form for which she was academically trained. She has been most influenced by the Abstract Expressionist movement of post-World War II America such as the works of Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline, and Hans Hofmann as well as the works of Joan Mitchell and Canadian artist, Jean Albert McEwen.

Joyce has exhibited her work in solo and group shows in several cities in North America, and Europe. (Montreal, Toronto, New York City, Miami, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam, Leipzig, Hamburg, Florence, Rome)

Featured on several occasions in American Art Collector magazine since 2009, her work is found in private collections in Canada, The United States, and Internationally.

Materials used:

Bronze

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