Patterns and Prints: Art by Catherine Bourassa-Hébert
CSS I Untitled 6, acrylic on canvas
Catherine Bourassa-Hébert is a Canadian artist who specializes in patterns and prints. Based in both Montreal and Boston, Catherine continues a practice built around the examination of shape and color.
CSS II Untitled 3 (1 of 1), screen print on paper
I find Catherine’s multiple Circle Studies Series quite attractive. Each work is different, and yet the numerous acrylic paintings in these galleries are a very cohesive set. They seem to operate on a calculated formula, referencing the mathematical origins of the geometric forms they represent. Using thin washes of paint in bright, complementary colours, Catherine creates delicate images that are sometimes benign and friendly, and other times deeply intriguing.
The front page of Catherine's website
The artist’s other paintings and prints share a similar splashy, abstract sensibility. In OWLS (The Dan Series), Catherine uses a screen print of an owl on paper as the basis for each work, editing the image by splashing paints and other media over it and lending each image its own distinct identity.
