Originally from Orléans, Catherine Monmarson mainly exhibits in France and Belgium. She paints with mixed media including pigment, wax, egg, acrylic and oil on paper, cardboard and canvas.  “It was through drawing, painting and shaping that I became really aware of the world around me," muses the artist. "The eye of the painter is the one that is surprised, that is filled with wonder, that inquires. The role of the painter is to conduct the most subtle music kept deep inside themself, released with simplicity and sincerity. I work in two takes. The first, a spontaneous gesture taking possession of the space. Then, a slower effort which balances, builds and gives body to this energy. The memory of the body is the reflection of the memory of the mind.”