The Joy of Making Fine Art Prints

Seeing my images leave the computer and come to life on beautiful fine art paper is always an exciting moment. An experience I recently had in preparation for the inaugural exhibition of my Northern Crossing series next summer at Mont-Laurier’s cultural center. The prints are big and beautiful. The work of my printer, Denis Alix,…

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Immersion in the magic of photomontage | Conference at the ACS Photo Club

Vue d'un écran d'ordinateur avec le programme Photoshop de traitement numérique des images et une photo surréelle d'une enfant qui mange une soupe.

I will be giving a conference on my photography work for the members of Radio-Canada’s ACS Photo Club next February 5th. It’s an honor to be invited by these pros of the media world to talk about my creative process. In addition to speaking about the specificities of a professional artistic practice, I’ll be going…

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Warm welcome at the Montreal Camera Club

What a wonderful warm welcome I was given last evening at Canada’s United Church in Westmount where members of the Montreal Camera Club gathered to hear me talk about my photography practice. I’m always surprised at how much I have to say about my work! It’s quite a good exercice for structuring my thoughts. I…

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Project chosen for an artistic residency in Glasgow, Scotland

Yeah! The artistic-residency project I sent to Glasgow’s prestigious Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) has been selected! In collaboration with the CALQ, this exchange program between Québec and Scotland allows one artist from here to go there, and vice versa. © The Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow   So I will be leaving for Scotland…

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Black & white photo challenge

Figurine of a man looking towards miniature pyramids.

Despite my usual reluctance at relaying chain messages on Facebook, something about the black & white photo challenge currently circulating made me want to participe. The rules are simple : publish one black & white photo a day for seven consecutive days. No humains. No explanations. And invite a new person each day to accept…

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Up-coming conference at the Montreal Camera Club

I will be giving a conference entitled “The World in My Imagination” on December 4th at the Montreal Camera Club. I’ve been asked to talk about my creative process, sources of inspiration as well as the more technical aspects behind my photomontage constructions. I had the chance to meet a few members of the club earlier this…

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A cool collaboration with the Théâtre de Die

reproductions of two season theatre brochures featuring artist Catherine Rondeau's photo work

Last month, I received a cool collaboration request from Mr. Harold David, Director of the dynamic Theâtre de Die, in France, to illustrate their 2017-2018 season brochures. My pieces “Vertigo” and “The Crossing”, from my Beyond the Looking Glass series, were selected for the covers. Congratulations to graphic artist Lisa Renberg, from Atelier Boréalis, for…

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Speech at the Maison culturelle et communautaire de Montréal-Nord

(THIS POST IS CURRENTLY ONLY AVAILABLE IN FRENCH) À titre d’administratrice au Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (RAAV), je donnerai une courte allocution demain soir (22 février 2017) suite à la présentation de deux épisodes de la série À tout hasard de la réalisatrice Suzanne Guy. Après un aperçu de ma démarche artistique, je…

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Opening reception this evening!

My exhibit Beyond the Looking Glass opens today at the Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Center in Dorval. The opening reception is at 7 PM. All are welcome! The exhibit will continue until February 26th 2017. Peter B. Yeomans Culural Center 1401, chemin du Bord-du-Lac Dorval (Québec) H9S 2E5 514.633.4170   CULTURAL CENTER SCHEDULE Wednesday to Friday: From 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday…

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Northern Crossing | Images and thoughts

The abduction of a child on the threshold of adolescence

In the continuity of my works on the theme of the childhood imagination, I have developed a new series of images entitled Northern Crossing which focuses on female adolescence. And more specificaly to the inner turbulences that agitate the woman in the making.

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Centre d’art de Kamouraska, a memorable residency

A chilling stay in Kamouraska My creative residency at the Centre d’art de Kamouraska scheduled for January had to be postponed twice because of the particularly intense cold this winter. At the beginning of the month, my husband, my daughters and I finally set off to the beautiful Lower St. Lawrence region to capture the…

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