in situ painting

The impressionnists made a statement of painting outside, trying to capture the lights and shapes before them. Visual art is about embracing the subjectivity and rendering the individual perception of the artist in the moment. In a similar way, the Urban Sketching movement of today also believes that there is a beauty in the imperfect life drawings are more truthful to the human experience than a perfectly realistic painting based off a photograph. Roxane Dutheil operates according to those concepts and often starts with in situ drawings and paintings of her surroundings: the Costa Daurada. Maybe you will find her in the city of Tarragona, close to the Mediterranean Sea, taking inspiration from the urban life, the ever changing sky and the moving nature.