Odile CARRE

Criticism

Practiced and daring; these are the qualities Odile Carré’s painting reflects the first time we see it. The realism of her work is consistently adorned with generous fruit in terms of unprecedented compositions and techniques, the somber basis of which never takes away from the originality that this artist demonstrates. Since 1965, the year she started studying at the Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Caen, Odile Carré has never ceased to put her knowledge both of painting and ceramics to the test, exhibiting and then creating decorative pieces for public administrations in Caen and the surrounding area, and researching into polychrome, through which she forged her appealing creative personality. This artist is formidable: if she creates traditional watercolour portraits that are remarkably lively with a strict minimum of resources, she then abruptly takes us by surprise by painting surrealist landscapes, highlighting unusual horizons and strange skies. Fascinating luminous impacts punctuate these works alongside harmonious shapes and colours that are audaciously designed to reveal an atmosphere of disturbing and captivating serenity. All that is primordial for Odile Carré hinges on her suggestive way of reflecting, through painting and sometimes collage, mysterious and attractive ambiances, where tangible shapes and flashes of light combine, thereby admirably reflecting her creative temperament and a certain humour and evident charm that is far from absent in her portrayal of bodies and souls.

André RUELLAN, art critic

Exhibitions

Du 01/04/2023 au 16/04/2023 : CAEN : 95e SALON INTERNATIONAL DES ARTISTES EN NORMANDIE A L'EGLISE SAINT NICOLAS

Du 17/05/2019 au 02/06/2019 : FALAISE : 24è SALON DE PRINTEMPS DES ARTISTES INDEPENDANTS DE BASSE-NORMANDIE AU CHATEAU DE LA FRESNAYE

Du 24/03/2018 au 28/03/2018 : FONTAINE-ETOUPEFOUR : ODILE CARRE INVITEE D'HONNEUR A L'EXPOSITION "LES EFFETS DU TEMPS"

Du 31/03/2018 au 15/04/2018 : CAEN : 91è SALON DES ARTISTES EN NORMANDIE AUX EGLISES SAINT-NICOLAS ET VIEUX SAINT-SAUVEUR

Du 19/05/2017 au 21/05/2017 : BENOUVILLE : 27è SALON DE PEINTURE A LA SALLE POLYVALENTE

Du 19/05/2017 au 04/06/2017 : FALAISE : 22è SALON DES ARTISTES INDEPENDANTS DE BASSE-NORMANDIE AU CHATEAU DE LA FRESNAYE

Du 17/06/2016 au 19/06/2016 : VAUX-EN-BEAUJOLAIS : ODILE CARRE PARTICIPE A LA 7è BIENNALE "L'ART INSOLITE DU PAPIER"

Du 09/04/2016 au 24/04/2016 : CAEN : 89è SALON ANNUEL DES ARTISTES BAS-NORMANDS AU SCRIPTORIUM ET A L'EGLISE DU VIEUX SAINT-SAUVEUR

Du 23/04/2016 au 08/05/2016 : TINCHEBRAY-BOCAGE : 16è BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DE PEINTURES ET SCULPTURES A LA SALLE LE COLYS'HAIES

Du 05/07/2014 au 14/07/2014 : ARROMANCHES : EXPOSITION D'ARTISTES BAS-NORMANDS DANS LE CADRE DU "ROTARY-CLUB" A LA SALLE DES FETES

Du 26/04/2014 au 10/05/2014 : TINCHEBRAY : 15è BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DE PEINTURE ET SCULPTURE

Du 05/04/2014 au 21/04/2014 : CAEN : 87e SALON DES ARTISTES BAS-NORMANDS A LA MAIRIE ET EGLISE DU VIEUX-SAINT-SAUVEUR

Du 06/11/2012 au 18/11/2012 : CAEN : SALON REGIONAL DES ARTISTES DE L'ATSCAF A LA SALLE DU SEPULCRE

Du 12/10/2012 au 14/10/2012 : FLEURY-SUR-ORNE : "DES ARTISTES A FLEURY 2012" AVEC ODILE CARRE A L'ESPACE NICOLAS ORESME

Du 21/09/2012 au 27/09/2012 : CREULLY : EXPOSITION DE ODILE CARRE AU CHÂTEAU DE CREULLY