Doina Falcon is a Canadian artist, located in Montreal. Though she is an engineer by trade, she has loved the arts from early childhood. In her youth, she studied arts for 4 years with the well-known Montrealer sculptor, Octavian Olariu.
All her life she wanted to make time for painting, but only in 2005 was she able to dedicate more time to her art, and engage in more formal training, studying for 2 years different painting techniques with Ghulam Mustafa.
She is mainly paintingin in oil and acrylic.
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 process is a continuous journey: an inspiring moment, mixed images with impressions of movements, transitions, pilgrimages, voyages, impregnated with lights and shadows, colors, fragrances and music, that get planted in her memory as a seed. This seed is germinating and growing into a bud that is evolving into a beautiful flower. When ready to unfold, she is in front of the canvas as the creative idea matured. Then the painting process is flowing, even if it takes a while until she is satisfied. It is an evolving process as the canvas is changing, sometimes transforming dramatically until the final version pleases her eyes and soul.
To her, the process of painting is an act of creation, a joyful experience. It’s a meditation, a process of complete concentration.
Her paintings are mostly abstract, and she likes to experiment with mixed techniques, and try various combinations of colors, textures and media: paper, leaves, sand, flowers, modeling paste, oil, acrylic and pastel, on canvas, wood or paper. This approach best captures the spontaneity of emotion, the authentic, interior quality of feeling.
A great admirer of the human body, she also participates in drawing sessions with live models.
Doina is a member of “The Artists’ Circle of the West Island", of “ARTTRAM” (the Mont-Royal group of artists), and of "The Beaconsfield Artists' Association".
Over the years, she has participated in numerous group or solo exhibitions, including:
“Doina Falcon's creations are vibrating with light, spontaneity, imagination and insight, in an explosion of warm colors, complex ideas and numerous travel impressions.” Our Tribune, 2009
"Doina Falcon - Art as an expression of love". Accent, September 2013
"Doina Falcon or the voyager artist. Her works punctuate moments from her travels. She's mastering colors that reflect her sensory voyages... making yourself feel the fragrance ... " Candle of Montreal, June 2014
“Doina's paintings are proving a rich chromatic palette well harmonized with the shapes represented in her works, in a style sometime descriptive, sometimes abstract." Accent, 2015
Her paintings can be found in private collections from North America, Europe, Scandinavia, India and Israel.
We conclude with a quote from an article written by Eva Halus: ' 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! »'
All her life she wanted to make time for painting, but only in 2005 was she able to dedicate more time to her art, and engage in more formal training, studying for 2 years different painting techniques with Ghulam Mustafa.
She is mainly paintingin in oil and acrylic.
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 process is a continuous journey: an inspiring moment, mixed images with impressions of movements, transitions, pilgrimages, voyages, impregnated with lights and shadows, colors, fragrances and music, that get planted in her memory as a seed. This seed is germinating and growing into a bud that is evolving into a beautiful flower. When ready to unfold, she is in front of the canvas as the creative idea matured. Then the painting process is flowing, even if it takes a while until she is satisfied. It is an evolving process as the canvas is changing, sometimes transforming dramatically until the final version pleases her eyes and soul.
To her, the process of painting is an act of creation, a joyful experience. It’s a meditation, a process of complete concentration.
Her paintings are mostly abstract, and she likes to experiment with mixed techniques, and try various combinations of colors, textures and media: paper, leaves, sand, flowers, modeling paste, oil, acrylic and pastel, on canvas, wood or paper. This approach best captures the spontaneity of emotion, the authentic, interior quality of feeling.
A great admirer of the human body, she also participates in drawing sessions with live models.
Doina is a member of “The Artists’ Circle of the West Island", of “ARTTRAM” (the Mont-Royal group of artists), and of "The Beaconsfield Artists' Association".
Over the years, she has participated in numerous group or solo exhibitions, including:
- July 2009 "Three Artists of Romanian Origin"
- February 2014 "Talents from Pierrefonds Community"
- May 2014 "Palettes of Colors", at Valmi Gallery
- April 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 " Concours d'art Roxboro-Pierrefonds"
- May 2015 Launching event of "Romanians in Montreal Encyclopedia"
- June 2015 "Exhibition at minister Arcand's office"
- October 2015 "ARTTRAM Group Art Show"
- January 2016 "Entre-nous" exhibition at the Trestler House
- March 2016 "White on white" exhibition at Dupond & Dupont
- April 2016 “Couleurs et lumière” at Valmi Gallery
- April 2016 Spring Exhibition at "Art Premier" Gallery
- May 2016 "Grand Art" Exhibition ARTTRAM - Reginald J. P. Dawson Library
- Mai - August 2016 "Still Life" exhibition at Dupond & Dupont
- August - December 2016 "Collage" exhibition at Dupond & Dupont
- September 2016 "Les journées de la culture" exhibition
- November 2016 "ARTTRAM Group Art Show"
- December 2016 - March 2017 "Coup de cœur" exhibition at Dupond & Dupont
- January 2017 "Entre-nous" exhibition at the Trestler House
- March 2017 " Concours d'art Roxboro-Pierrefonds"
- April 2017 "Pathways of colour" three artists exhibition
- April 2017 Spring Exhibition at the "Art Premier" Gallery
- September - December 2017 "Urban Landscape" exhibition at Dupond & Dupont
- September - October 2017 "In the Eye of the Beholder" solo exhibition at Centre de Loisir Celo, CDN
- September - January 2018 "Urban Landscapes" exhibition at Dupond & Dupont
- October 2017 "Imagine" exhibition at "Art Premier" Gallery
- November 2017 - Personal exhibition - ARTTRAM Showcase
- November 2017 - "TRAM Group Art Show"
- March 2018 - "Dreaming in Color" exhibition (5 artists) at Hachem, Veaudreuil
- April 2018 - Spring/ Summer Artists' Circle of the West Island exhibition at Aikawa, DDO
- May 2018 "Le monde en couleurs" exhibition at Valmi Gallery
- May 2018 "Grand Art" Exhibition ARTTRAM - Reginald J. P. Dawson Library
- June 2018 " Concours d'art Roxboro-Pierrefonds"
- July - August 2018 Group Exhibition (9 artists) at Studio77, Point Claire
- October 2018 "ARTTRAM Group Art Show"
- October 2018 "The Beaconsfield Artists' Association Fall Exhibit", at Stewart Hall
- November 2018 "The Candle's Third Festival Edition", at "Casa Romana", Montreal
- January 2019 "Entre-nous" exhibition at the Trestler House
- February 2019 two artists exhibition @L'ARTelier du Village
- March - April 2019 "Colourful Moments" Solo Exhibition at the Kirkland Library
- April - May 2019 Spring Artists' Circle of the West Island exhibition at Aikawa, DDO
- April 2019 - "The Beaconsfield Artists' Association Spring Exhibition"
- May 2019 "Black Frame Art" Exhibition ARTTRAM - Reginald J. P. Dawson Library
- July - August 2019 "Mes amis ailés" Personal exhibition - ARTTRAM Showcase
- August - September 2019 "Abstract artworks" @Studio77 (2 artists exhibition)
- October 17 to 20, 2019 - ARTTRAM Art Show @Mont-Royal Town Hall
- Oct 24 to 26, 2019 -BAA Fall Exhhibit - Centennial Hall
- November 2019 - "SEASONS" Solo Art Exhibit @ Victor Rose Espresso Bar
“Doina Falcon's creations are vibrating with light, spontaneity, imagination and insight, in an explosion of warm colors, complex ideas and numerous travel impressions.” Our Tribune, 2009
"Doina Falcon - Art as an expression of love". Accent, September 2013
"Doina Falcon or the voyager artist. Her works punctuate moments from her travels. She's mastering colors that reflect her sensory voyages... making yourself feel the fragrance ... " Candle of Montreal, June 2014
“Doina's paintings are proving a rich chromatic palette well harmonized with the shapes represented in her works, in a style sometime descriptive, sometimes abstract." Accent, 2015
Her paintings can be found in private collections from North America, Europe, Scandinavia, India and Israel.
We conclude with a quote from an article written by Eva Halus: ' 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! »'