Artist
When Viviane Case-Fox paints, vivid colors in acrylic and oil flow onto her large canvases. If paint drips from bristles, all the better! Viviane strives for abstraction in her paintings although at this point they do appear well populated, primarily with women. However this is a stage, a means to a greater creative end for an artist who does not paint figurative pieces like portraits of the ubiquitous barn scene. In fact Viviane once did enormous flowers almost by creative accident. Tongue in cheek, she entitled that series. Most of her works are in series of four or six, with broad titles. Frequently in Italian.
Viviane often feels the initial sweeping strokes express so much, yet she keeps refining or ‘’playing’’ until the canvas is just right. Of course the essence of style and hallmark of talent lie in knowing how to make it all look easy. Viviane wants her work to look spontaneous, nonchalant, as if it were easy. Trickles, spaltters and drips are all right, but another aspect of the work may nag at her. It is all part of the artist’s growth, rather like an experiment in progress.
Viviane Case-Fox came late to art. Like many people, she attended gallery openings and even purchased paintings. A mother of two, she remembers picking up the initial paint brush in a portraiture class while expecting her daughter. As the children became more independent she was able to devote time to learning and honing her technique, primarily at the Saidye Bronfman Center. Viviane credits a few good teachers along the way for guiding and encouraging her. In fact she still seeks guidance from her teacher –mentor, Marilyn Rubenstein. Modesly, she speaks of luck in finding an agent and laughs at the memory of their first meeting when he asked ‘’can you do six more?’’ Inspiration comes from various sources while artist such as Henri Masson and Joan Mitchell stand out as influences. Viviane adds that if she ever were to teach she wuold push students to draw upon their inner creativity.
Over the past three years, Viviane has been a ‘’femmeuse’’; in other words a female artist asked to participate in the annual Les femmeuses art exhibition. This prestigious gruop show honors and encourages women in the arts, whether up-and-coming or already established. Shy about business, the artist defers to her agent when it comes to other honors (top price in Varennes show, kudos at a well-juries event at Suny in New-York State).
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