C'est magnifique! Quebec native enjoys time with her art (March 21, 2012)
MOORESBURG — Speaking with a distinct Québécois French accent, Canadian Marie Andree Desjardins explained why she loves to create art and why Hawkins County, Mooresburg in particular, is her muse for at least six months each year. “I’m a snow bird here,” she said smiling. “Winter in Quebec is minus 40 degrees at times. My body aches everywhere when the weather is that temperature. So, I come down to Mooresburg to stay with a friend in the warmer weather. I will be going back to Quebec in April.” A self-taught artist from Châteauguay, Quebec, Marie uses every medium from charcoal to oil paint, but she said her favorite is ink. She uses it to complete a very complicated, time-consuming style known as pointillism, or pointillé in French. Pointillism is a technique in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Shadows and light a...