CatherineHutter
(catherinehutter.
fr)hasbeena
painterfor 30
years.Twoyears
ago,sheopeneda
galleryinCancale,
Brittany,inFrance,
withhersculptorhusband,Jean-Pierre
Pichereau,toshowcasetheirdifferentbut
complementaryviewsontheenergyand
forcesofnature.Hutterworksinpastelat
thegalleryfromJunetoSeptember;she
participatesinoutsideexhibitionsand
exploresnewsubjectstherestoftheyear.
SheteachesandexhibitswiththeSociété
desPastellistesdeFrance.are things that emerge that I didn’t
expect. It’s toward the end that I ask
myself, “When do I stop?” At some
point, there’s a balance, and I know
I shouldn’t touch it again. Sometimes
I go too far, but because I can’t go
backward, I keep it because I can’t
throw everything away. Sometimes
I’ll redo something, or I’ll grab
another support and try again.
There’s a point when, as artists,
we know that there’s nothing more
to add, nothing more to say. This
doesn’t mean that I’m happy; I’m
rarely happy. People may tell me
a painting is good, yet I only see its
flaws. I prefer to listen to people
talking about my painting than to
my too-critical self.
I understand that there are two
ways of looking at a painting—my
vision of what I paint and exhibit in
my gallery, and the perception of the
people who will display and live with
my paintings. PJNIALL O’NEILL (pastelprogress.blogspot.
com) is a pastel artist and freelance writer.
His artwork is represented by the Lavit
Gallery, in Cork, Ireland.ArtistsNetwork.com 57