Celeste Charland
Céleste is an Ottawa-based artist selling her work in Canada, the US and Europe. Céleste moved from Northern Ontario to Ottawa to pursue her professional art career and to be closer to her children and grandchildren. Mostly self-taught, Céleste has taken classes at the Ottawa School of Art and Atelier de Brésoles (Montréal). She also learned from a variety of amazing teachers including Brian Buckrell, Ian Roberts, Susan Woolgar, Donata Szafian, Andrew Sookrah, Gordon Harrison and Dominik Modlinski .
Celeste’s work is featured at Studio 87 Gallery (Perth), Foyer Gallery (Nepean), the Glebe Fine Art Show and Ottawa ArtEast. She has also exhibited her work at Art in the Park, Trinity Gallery, Rendez-Vous Gallery, Ottawa Garden Festival at the Canadensis Botanical Garden, Algonquin Park Visiting Centre, Manotick Spring Show, Manotick Splash Gallery and the White Water Gallery in North Bay.
Céleste has always been fascinated with the interplay between light and shadow and she loves exploring the magic of colour. The beauty of everyday life inspires her work.
She is a member of the Foyer Gallery, the Manotick Art Association, Arteast Ottawa and Arts Carleton Place Association.
‘I enjoy working with both oil and acrylic. I love to offer a subtle surreal quality to my work. I call it ‘the betwixt and between’, helping the viewer rediscover the magic and beauty in everyday life. Painting is the closest I ever get to expressing my gratitude for my life and the world around me. ‘
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