Artist

Through watercolour and textile art, Christiane Fortin explores two distinct artistic worlds, each offering its own way of expressing her creativity.

In watercolour, she explores light, transparency, and colour to reveal the beauty of the world around her.

In textile art, she works with wool, silk, and natural fibres, exploring textures, materials, and forms through felting and textile creation.

Two practices, two languages, united by her love of colour, materials, and artistic exploration.

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Two Artistic Worlds, One Creative Freedom

Watercolor

Luminous watercolours where transparency, and contrast reveal the beauty of nature. Through light and the fluidity of water, each work offers a personal perspective on the forms and details that surround us.

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Textile art

Unique, hand-felted creations combining wool, silk, and natural materials through rich textures and expressive forms.

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About

Christiane Fortin is a professional artist and instructor based in Québec, Canada. With over 30 years of experience, she explores two distinct artistic worlds: watercolour and textile art.

Watercolour holds an important place in her artistic journey. Passionate about colour, light, and transparency, she is particularly drawn to the delicate beauty of flowers, which she also enjoys portraying in large-scale works. Her paintings are characterized by layered transparent washes, contrasts, and the luminosity of the medium.

Textile art offers her another field of exploration. Through the felting of wool, silk, and natural fibres, she creates unique pieces in which textures, transparencies, and volumes give rise to expressive forms. This practice allows her to explore the qualities of materials and their creative possibilities.

Although distinct in technique and outcome, both practices reflect the same artistic curiosity and a strong interest in colour, materials, and forms inspired by nature.

Christiane is an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC), Vice-President and elected member of La Société Canadienne de l’aquarelle (SCA), and an elected member of L’Atelier d’aquarelle Le Partage. She is also a Distinguished Member of the International Watercolor Society (IWS), a member of the International Feltmakers Association (IFA), and an ambassador for Rockwell Art Canada.