Louise made this special project of new prints, done in various techniques: including new photo etching, collography and lithography. 

Route des Arts August 1st, 2005 - view upon entering.  From this gallery part, one moves on to the actual studio, where Louise is hard at work.

Louise showing her new painting in progress to visitors.

People who arrived at the Morin Heights Library, are exhilarated after their visit to Louise Bloom's studio.

The new collection includes collage, prints, mixed media and new paintings.

Guest book.

A table displaying the new prints in various sizes and techniques.

Louise at work.

Louise at the print-making workshop.  Louise's Fine Arts degree from Sir George Williams University, is in print-making.

Louise's first paintings (After Picasso, at age 16) - her teacher (at the Montreal Fine Arts Museum) said "You know that you are a painter?!"  She knew!   She enrolled for night classes at Sir George Williams University, and worked daytime to pay for tuition.  Her description of her filing clerical job, in a vault, using a wheeled chair for moving around, and the metal Accu-fasteners that injured her fingers, is quite lively and made me laugh.

One of Louise's wonderful painting/drawing.  Louise does numerous live-model drawings and paintings, and has been teaching, drawing, painting and print-making for many years. 

If I Wake Up Before I Die, about 4x5 ft).  A new painting presented at the 21st ARTS Morin Heights annual exhibit, July 2004.  The painting overwhelmed me.

Collography: In the Forest of Clark Street, which is now hanging in the Morin Heights Library.  Sorry about the reflection.  That's what happens with glass-framed artwork.

Louise at her studio with the new collection, of work-in-progress,  entitled "Monuments", which will be shown August 2004 at Maison du Village, Val David.  Louise has always considered herself a "dedicated educator".  However, she is also an avid student, always striving to improve and reach the summit. 

Louise is now concentrating on preparation of her new collection of paintings done in the old, "Master Painter" technique, using old photos of family and friends.  The colour scheme is foggy yet clear (done in warm raw-umber and white or with ultramarine blue, which makes that area of the painting colder) giving the paintings an aura of old faded photographs, rendering the images even further nostalgic.

These paintings are done in oil and glazes that require professional photography.  Thus these photos do not really show how wonderful they are.  Louise has succeeded in extracting, and enhancing facial expressions and body language; to a level that the old photographs she works with, do not reach. 

Some more family and friends, uncle and brother and first love.

The new technique that Louise is learning requires a complete transformation of working process.  The canvas is divided into a grid of squares, then painted part by part.  A Master Painter uses a special arm support (rod) with soft leather at the end for holding against the canvas, which was covered with a medium/glaze, so as not to disturb the previous layers.  Brush strokes are applied, while holding the brush in a particular counter-manner.  This is all done with fairly large-sized brushes.

The technique now used by Louise is what allows her to become what she always wanted to be...  a Master Painter! 

Louise with a book of tips for the Master Painter.