Paintings by Fabienne Verdier
Fabienne Verdier is an abstract painter who explores the dynamism of forces in nature, movement and immobility by drawing on her intimate knowledge of techniques and traditions of both Western and Eastern art.
As a young art school graduate, Verdier left France for China in 1985 to study the art of spontaneous painting and other Eastern traditions with some of the last great 
Chinese painters who survived the Cultural Revolution. Her adventure and immersion as an apprentice painter would last nearly ten years, recounted in her 2003 book, ‘Passagère du Silence’.
Verdier paints vertically in ink, standing directly on her stretchers, using giant brushes and tools of her own invention suspended from the studio ceiling. Her work combines Eastern aspects of unity, spontaneity and asceticism with the line, action and expression of Western painting.
Notes: Fabienne Verdier’s website, which includes several videos that present her exhibitions and follow her work process, is located at: http://fabienneverdier.com
Insert Image: Fabienne Verdier, “Color Flows 3”, 2012, Mixed Media on Canvas, 40 x 46 cm, Private Collection