Vol. 2
An exploration of parental instincts

​To create this series, I asked parents to send images of animals that they instinctively connected to. Many mothers expressed images of fierce predators, whereas fathers were attracted to birds. Some images instantly made me laugh, and others were harder for me to understand.  

Collaborating with other parents was important to me for this series. I have my voice and story as a single mother, but what I see and experience in parenting will be very different for someone else.  This series will continue to evolve as my parenting and artistic life continue. 

This body of work was exhibited in March 2018 at Georges-Lauon.
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Family Dinner, Oil on canvas, 2017      

Step-parenting, Oil on canvas, 2018 

Dating with Children, Oil on canvas, 2017

Keeping it Simple, Oil on canvas, 2017

I love you...but get the fuck off me,
Oil on canvas, 2018 

Fatherhood, Oil on canvas, 2017

Working Mom, Oil on canvas, 2017 

Watching/Learning, Oil on canvas, 2018

Negotiating, Oil on canvas, 2018 

Evolution of Parenthood, Oil on canvas, 2018 

Hard-Earned Family, Oil on canvas, 2018 

Elephant Parenting, Oil on canvas, 2018 

I love you...but get the fuck off me,
Oil on canvas, 2018 ​

Journeying, Oil on canvas, 2016 

Chilies, Oil on canvas, 2012

Joe, Oil on canvas, 2013

Your Rocky Spine, Oil on canvas,  2011  

Untitled, Oil on canvas, 2008

Smoke, Mixed media on paper, 2005 

Jaz, Oil on canvas, 2008 

Untitled, Oil on canvas, 2017 

You Say Day Off, We Say Rock Band, 
Oil on canvas, 2011 

Birds on a Wire, Ink on paper, 2009 

Still Got It, Mixed media on paper, 2011

Afternoon Entertainment,
Conte on paper 2007

Untitled, Oil on canvas, 2012 

Untitled, Lithography on paper, 2004 

Untitled, Oil on canvas, 2011 

Untitled, Oil on Canvas, 2013 

Bliss, Oil on canvas, 2008 

More on Marielle 

This is a small collection of my drawings, paintings and prints. 

I graduated from New Brunswick's Mount Allison's Bachelor of Fine Arts program with their 2005 Fine Arts Departmental Award. 

I spent the next 5 years working in the community arts field in Vancouver. (With a few worldly-wanderings here and there.) I ran workshops, created large-scale installations  and coordinated many artistic programs. The highlight was orchestrating the community arts programming for the Surrey Celebration Site for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. This site was awarded Best Public Event of 2010.

After Vancouver,  I headed to work for an alternative education program in the backwoods of Ontario. Regularly dressed in costume, I ran some of their most interactive and colourful ateliers. This is where I broadened my facilitation skills and fell in love with challenging people to step outside of their comfort zone.  

In 2014, I became a mama and we moved to Montréal to continue our life's adventure. 

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