Doina Falcon is a Canadian artist, living in Montreal. Born in Bucharest, Romania, Doina studied arts for 4 years in her childhood, with Octavian Olariu, a renowned Montreal sculptor who sowed the seed of her passion for arts. She loved arts and mathematics, so she chose to study automation and computer science which she completed with a master's degree. She left Romania in 1982, choosing a new life in Canada. As a career, she worked as a software engineer all her life. In 2005 after studying oil painting for two years, she just started following her dream, painting regularly. Painting gives her joy and it is for her a form of meditation, a look at herself.
Over the years, she has continued to perfect her techniques, taking several painting classes and participating in workshops. Doina paints in acrylic, oil, ink and alcohol, charcoal and mixed media, mainly abstract expressionism
Her art is spontaneous, reflecting an interior world bursting of energy. Since a child she was full of energy, sometimes tiring out her parents and grandparents with her endless movement. This energy never left her. Her art is spontaneous, either a reflection of the outside world in herself, or a complete explosion of the imagination. Her creative process is an ongoing journey; an inspiring moment: images mixed with impressions of movements, transitions, journeys; landscapes and flowers, imbued with colors, lights and shadows, perfumes and music; allegorical representations of certain philosophical ideas which make her meditate, or of different characters (imaginary or real) who have imprinted their marks on her. In front of the canvas, the creative process becomes fluid, even if it takes time for her to be satisfied. It is an evolutionary process, the canvas changes continuously, sometimes transforming dramatically until the final version satisfies the soul and the eyes.
To Doina, the painting process is an act of creation, a happy experience. It is a meditation, a process of total concentration. Her subjects are diverse, landscapes inspired by her travels, self-seeking experiences, the study of the world of humans, animals, plants or of the imagination. She likes to work with palette knives using thick layers of paint, various textures through the use of materials like modeling paste, silk paper, sand, elements of nature like leaves or ossified algae, recyclable materials, superimposing them with color strokes , she likes to be guided by a spontaneous gesture and experience.
Doina's desire is to bring the viewers to enjoy the present moment, by offering them through her creation, access to glimpses of her imagination, or to her inner mirror that reflects external reality. A great admirer of the human body, she sometimes participates in drawing sessions with live models.
A member of the "Galerie Lenoir", "ARTTRAM" (Round Table on Mount Royal Art), the "West Island Artists’ Circle", and the "Beaconsfield Artists' Association", she has made painting a passion, a joy of life. Over the years, she has participated in over 80 group and solo exhibitions (see List of Exhibits).
Her paintings can be found in private collections from North America, Europe, Scandinavia, India and Israel.
Doina Falcon’s paintings have the same coherent vision of art, very well expressed by the words of Marc Chagall, her favorite artist :
« Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing! »
Over the years, she has continued to perfect her techniques, taking several painting classes and participating in workshops. Doina paints in acrylic, oil, ink and alcohol, charcoal and mixed media, mainly abstract expressionism
Her art is spontaneous, reflecting an interior world bursting of energy. Since a child she was full of energy, sometimes tiring out her parents and grandparents with her endless movement. This energy never left her. Her art is spontaneous, either a reflection of the outside world in herself, or a complete explosion of the imagination. Her creative process is an ongoing journey; an inspiring moment: images mixed with impressions of movements, transitions, journeys; landscapes and flowers, imbued with colors, lights and shadows, perfumes and music; allegorical representations of certain philosophical ideas which make her meditate, or of different characters (imaginary or real) who have imprinted their marks on her. In front of the canvas, the creative process becomes fluid, even if it takes time for her to be satisfied. It is an evolutionary process, the canvas changes continuously, sometimes transforming dramatically until the final version satisfies the soul and the eyes.
To Doina, the painting process is an act of creation, a happy experience. It is a meditation, a process of total concentration. Her subjects are diverse, landscapes inspired by her travels, self-seeking experiences, the study of the world of humans, animals, plants or of the imagination. She likes to work with palette knives using thick layers of paint, various textures through the use of materials like modeling paste, silk paper, sand, elements of nature like leaves or ossified algae, recyclable materials, superimposing them with color strokes , she likes to be guided by a spontaneous gesture and experience.
Doina's desire is to bring the viewers to enjoy the present moment, by offering them through her creation, access to glimpses of her imagination, or to her inner mirror that reflects external reality. A great admirer of the human body, she sometimes participates in drawing sessions with live models.
A member of the "Galerie Lenoir", "ARTTRAM" (Round Table on Mount Royal Art), the "West Island Artists’ Circle", and the "Beaconsfield Artists' Association", she has made painting a passion, a joy of life. Over the years, she has participated in over 80 group and solo exhibitions (see List of Exhibits).
Her paintings can be found in private collections from North America, Europe, Scandinavia, India and Israel.
Doina Falcon’s paintings have the same coherent vision of art, very well expressed by the words of Marc Chagall, her favorite artist :
« Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing! »