Josee Lord was born in 1964 in TroisRivieres A selftaught painter her journey through art started at a young age Her painting is distinguished by colours that are both intense and warm earth tones ochre sienna and umber meet yellow cadmium and vibrant red to shape the perspective of her still life flowersThe way in which she displays wall hangings and cloths creates a blissful ambiguity where content and form blend together sometimes the still life flowers become the content and the wall hanging takes its place as the main subject sometimes the role is reversed the flowers come to the foreground and the process begins again for the delight of the onlooker A black pastel stroke outlines the contours of the forms The artist applies this stroke with her own hands She is compelled to come into direct contactwith the material to touch it in order to bring out its sensualityJosees artwork can be seen at La Galerie Iris in BaieStPaul and Koyman Galleries in Ottawa and is part of several private collections in Toronto TroisRivieres Nuns Island Quebec City and Montreal