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Marisa V
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Painter · Montréal

Marisa V

Wildlife, moons and gold leaf. Every original is one of a kind, made by hand.

Painting of a blue-black crow perched on a rock at the centre of a large ensō circle in torn gold leaf, over a poured grey, ivory and pale pink ground.

Ensō Circle + Crow, 2018

Available$3,200

Poured acrylic, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas30 × 30 in

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Handmade

Made by hand, in Montréal

Every original is made by hand by Marisa, in Montréal, and exists only once.

  1. Through Struggle: first stage: the tiger painted over a poured acrylic ground.
    I
  2. Through Struggle: second stage: copper leaf laid by hand, before the last stripes.
    II
  3. Painting of an orange tiger’s head in right-facing profile on a black ground, framed by swirls of copper leaf.
    Finished
Through Struggle, step by stepSee the work and its stages

  1. The canvas

    Most often a poured acrylic ground: smoke grey, ivory or black. A pour can never be made twice.

  2. The layers

    Acrylic and oil, in layers: fur and feathers are built stroke by stroke.

  3. The gold leaf

    Gold or copper leaf, laid by hand and often torn, shifts with the light.

  4. Only once

    The original exists in a single copy. An edition is always labelled as such.

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Videos

In motion

What a photo cannot hold: gold leaf shifting with the light, the surface up close.

2023Gold leaf catching the light around a full moon.Full Moon in the Golden Triangle
2024A jellyfish’s translucent glow, up close.Luminous Drift
2024A black and gold poured abstract, held in hand.
2024Two canvases on the wall.

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The families

Series

The work falls into a few families, from gilded wildlife to charcoal.

Golden Guardians19 works
Ensō & Moons5 works
Charcoal & Drawing26 works
Abstracts7 works
Editions3 works
Objects17 works
Digital2 works

Series IIThe black room

Ensō & Moons

The ensō, the Zen circle drawn in a single gesture, keeps returning in her work in gold or copper leaf: around a crow, a raven, a charcoal face. Full moons, crescents and a mandala carry the circle further, somewhere between meditation and night.

The whole series (5)

Roots

An Italian Montréal family

Marisa Apollonia Viglione comes from an Italian family in Montréal. Things made by hand, patience, the care of everyday objects: that is what can be read in her work.

“Grazie mille”

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Exhibitions

Exhibited in Montréal since 2015

Six exhibitions and showings in Montréal, from 2015 to 2024.

Her booth at RAW Artists, 2015: red lips biting a diamond, a masked portrait in blue, a stone lion and framed drawings.Her canvases on easels at Le Tour d’Italie, 2018: a lion, a raven in a gold circle and a portrait of a woman in an ornate oval frame.Invitation to “L’Art pour l’Art”, Galerie d’art de la Casa d’Italia, Saturday, April 20, 2024, 4 to 8 p.m., on an orange and violet watercolour ground.

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Marisa V in front of her canvas KaiZen, a white tiger against the night.
Marisa V in front of KaiZen

Statement

In her words

“I’m known for the realism in my work and dramatic imagery.”

Marisa V, RAW Artists profile

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Made to order

Commissions

Your animal in gold leaf, a charcoal portrait or an abstract in your colours.

  • Animal or wildlife in gold or copper leafFrom $825
  • Charcoal portraitFrom $450
  • Custom abstractFrom $700

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