• Artist: Maryse Casol
• Sennelier Oil and Kama Pigments on Cotton Canvas
• Stretcher: Linden Wood Custom Support (Museum Quality)
• 35" x 42" / 89 cm x 107 cm
• Made in Canada
• Signed Casol on the front and back
• 2016
• Photos: Denis Boisvert
Lumière Tourmaline represents a pivotal milestone in the evolution of Maryse Casol's Abstract Realism. This work does not merely explore color; it captures a metaphysical vibration. Where contemporaries often seek chaos, Casol imposes a rigorous intellectual clarity, merging the heritage of traditional French pigments with a resolutely modern philosophy of ataraxia.
The significance of this piece lies in its exceptional materiality. The use of Sennelier oils—the historic supplier to Picasso and Cézanne—coupled with a custom-made linden wood frame, ensures a high-level tradition of conservation designed to endure through centuries.
Lumière Tourmaline transcends simple representation to join an aesthetic lineage dating back to medieval stained glass and the rigor of mid-20th-century Lyrical Abstraction. The work operates as a deconstruction of the landscape, retaining only its Essence: a sacred geometry where pigment becomes pure light.
By using white not as an absence, but as an "aposiopesis"—an eloquent rupture in the pictorial discourse—the artist imposes a meditative silence rare in contemporary art. For institutions, this work offers an architectural and chromatic response to the 21st century's need for transcendence.
In an era marked by digital turbulence, Lumière Tourmaline stands as a spiritual remedy. Beyond its formal structure, the work proposes a true ontology of serenity. It is not merely meant to be seen; it imposes a pause, a breath, a conscious resistance against the chaos of the outside world.
This painting becomes a visual manifesto for inner peace, asserting that clarity and harmony are the most necessary virtues of our contemporary condition.
Beyond its philosophical depth, Lumière Tourmaline is an architectural anchor. Designed to command a space, the work interacts dynamically with its environment; the high-density Sennelier pigments catch and refract natural light, causing the "Tourmaline" tones to evolve in warmth and intensity from dawn to dusk.
From a conservation standpoint, the choice of Kama pure pigments ensures a chemical stability that resists fading over centuries. This material integrity ensures that the work remains a permanent asset—a vibrant legacy that retains its chromatic power for generations to come.
Discover through this work, in Abstract Realism, the expression of my inner nature—a poetry of joy and exultation for Life, Love, and Light.
In the mechanics of this symbolic-philosophical artistic expression, the colors and shapes translate the echo of my persistence in sublimating my sustained quest toward intellectual and spiritual transcendence, the very Essence of my life, toward universal Light.
Let yourself be permeated by the power of the colors, the space-forms, and the purified form-spaces—symphonies of chromatic musicality, reflecting emotional rhythms tempered by reason, throughout my evolution toward ataraxia and inner peace.
In this Abstract-Realism movement, the concrete realistic aspect is signified by the landscape, while the Abstract conjugates metaphysical, philosophical, and symbolic values, applied to the psyche of the painter.
The rich color harmonies in active contrasts, associated with purified forms, create dynamism in the composition! An emotional and poetic reflection of my ontos!
For example, red symbolically carries the meaning of life and Love, presented here with theatricality in this work. Blue symbolizes intellectual elevation through knowledge, juxtaposed with grey, itself a mirror of the rational aspect, and yellow, a symbol of the radiance of spiritual Light and the sacred. White is a silence of purity, an aposiopesis, conducive to philosophical reflection for an harmony toward Wisdom, the source of happiness and Light.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
"Through Wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is established, and by Knowledge its rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches." (Proverbs, chap. XXIV, 3-4)
Tourmaline is a precious mineral recognized for its vast range of vibrant colors. Painted by Maryse Casol in 2016, this work uses Sennelier oil produced in Paris. The cotton canvas is mounted on a custom linden wood stretcher by Support Surface in Montreal.
2025
On December 30, Maryse Casol writes the philosophical manifesto accompanying Lumière Tourmaline.
2016
Creation of the work, deeply influenced by the writings of Aristotle, Epictète, Maimonides, and Spinoza.
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