Spring Has Arrived

Looking at a piece by Noemie L. Cote you are at once hit by the sugar-pop of color that reimagines the landscapes she brings to life on canvas. It’s hard not to be swept along in the bounce of her impasto-painted strokes and moved by the sheer joy that emanates from her work. Noémie specializes in vibrant open-impressionist landscapes that capture the essence of a scene, breathes new life into it and leaves the observer uplifted. It’s as if her mind were a prism that takes in the white light that she sees and disperses the component colors on the rolling hills or through the branches of a tree. This gives her work the quality of blown glass where colors play off each other and come together as a whole to define the feeling of a scene. In contrast to the chaos and harshness of daily life, Noémie finds solace in bringing nature’s soothing beauty to canvas. These days you can find her, hair wildly blowing, plein-air painting in our beloved national and provincial parks of Canada, in my sneakers snapping pictures of the morning light falling across a lake, or capturing the straight rows of grapevines contrasted with the wildflowers of a west coast vineyard. Her full-time studio is in the heart of Canada’s capital, Ottawa and her work is currently being featured in the Koyman Galleries, Butter Gallery, Crown & Press Gallery and you will find the greatest collection of her most recent paintings on her website.