Pasadena, CA
About Blandine Saint Oyant:
My work explores the relationship between fluidity and control, spontaneity and structure, calmness and exuberance. My process employs liquid oil paint poured on the surface of the canvas. When the different batches of colored paint are poured and the canvas rotated back and forth, the pigments intermingle and fuse into visually striking patterns and shapes. After many years of painting , my process remains largely experimental and improvisational. My aim is to create a space in which contrasting elements are interwoven into organic and fluid compositions. My paintings are about a world in a perpetual state of transformation, an unfolding elegant chaos of energies, a moving buoyant magma of colors and forms frozen into art.
Selected exhibitions
- H Gallery - Ventura, CA, 2019
- LA Artcore - Los Angeles, CA, 2016
- Galerie de l’Évèché d’Uzès - Uzès, France , 2014
- Marin County Foundation - Novato CA , 2013
- Sylvia White Gallery - Ventura, CA, 2010
- LA Artcore - Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Education
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, BFA and Diploma in Painting - Boston, MA,1989
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Studies in painting and drawing - Chicago, IL,1985