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A Leap in Time
Genevieve de Couvreur
acrylic, oil stick, collage, gold leaf on canvas / 150 x 90 cm
$9,900.00
Winner of the 2025 Bey of Fires Art Prize
After a 15-year painting hiatus and not knowing the direction my work would now take me, I decided to do one small painting a day for one year. A leap in faith and commitment to a considerable stretch of time.
What emerged over the year are the smallest pictures I have ever painted, a visual diary, revealing my long-standing love of colour, black, white, gold, circles and lines. Long breaks in my painting life allow time for change. Painted in Sydney, Binalong Bay & Rosevears.
This work contains 135 days of the 2024 leap year.
Genevieve de Couvreur
Artists Statement
Resonance, Spectrum, and Tondo form part of an ongoing series of work exploring the sensory and emotional language of colour. Resonance reflects the subtle connection between artwork and viewer, where harmony in colour and form evokes an inner response. Spectrum expands this exploration through the movement and blending of hues, revealing how light and tone shape perception. Tondo, with its circular form, offers a sense of balance and continuity, drawing the viewer inward to experience colour as a meditative and immersive space. Together, the works consider how colour vibrates, flows, and transforms within both the canvas and the viewer.
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