Using the beauty of soul and nature to connect with ancient wisdom


Expressing the subtle aspects of our world, myths and stories through mysterious landscapes and soul portraits

Bio

Sophie Gerin is a French artist currently residing in Belgium, whose work inspired by lyrical abstraction focuses on landscapes and portraiture. She also lives part-time in the South of France, where spiritual mysticism is steeped in ancient traditions. Gerin grew up and worked in Paris. She left her job in finance in 2006 to start her artistic career, creating palette knife oil paintings. Gerin then trained in engraving and acquired her skills as a painter at the Versailles School of Fine Arts. Very attracted to pigments, textures and passionate about minerals along with their meanings, Gerin has been creating jewelry since 2015.

Gerin’s artworks are in private collections in France and in Belgium. She is currently represented by the “This is Not Belgium” Gallery. Gerin has participated in over 20 shows in Paris and France, including a solo exhibition at “La Galerie de l’Excellence” at La Roche Posay. Gerin was awarded second prize for painting at the Salon des arts de Vaucresson in 2011



Artist statement

My work explores the subtle and enigmatic aspects of our world, expressed through myths, stories, sacred landscapes and soul portraits. My soul portraits seek to capture the inner self, the journey of the human being between shadow and light and his or her connection to a higher dimension. My expression is abstract. I consider aspects of ancient civilizations, the stories of humanity, the legends of man and woman and how we might still learn from these stories in the 21st century.

I create with various techniques, including watercolor for its transparency, palette knife oil painting for its texture, and engraving on copper plates for its surprising contrasts. I employ rich colors and spontaneous expression.

I seek to capture the ancestral wisdom I have been able to find traces of through vibrant and profound encounters and shared transcendent stories. I wonder about the transmission of wisdom teachings through art and symbols, and ways to encode this transmission in my art. By capturing these mysteries on canvas or paper, I bring them to life. My wish is to transmit to others a vision going forward and to create connections - through the sweetness of a face, the question suggested by a look, and by travelling through sacred landscapes, myths and dreams.

In this fragmented world where shadows arise, I express a wish for peace through my latest series, Colombe.