Glenys Cour will celebrate her 101st birthday on January 6, 2025. Without ever using a brush, this Welsh artist still creates vibrant works today by working with oil paint with her fingers and pieces of torn fabric. Portrait.
“Color is the most important thing, both in my work and in my life.” Born in 1924 in Fishguard, Wales, Glenys Cour has never been satisfied with conventional methods. From the beginning, the one who always saw life in color abandoned the brush in favor of the immediacy offered by her hands and pieces of fabric This original process allows her to create unique textures and effects, which she describes as “.exciting” and which make his works alive and organic, according to the BBC.
A passion born from the social contrasts of the mining valleys. Isolated by her father's status as director, she found refuge in books and drawing. Very quickly then, she developed a fascination for colors and their nuances, a passion which led her to the Cardiff School of Art where the famous painter Ceri Richards “learn to see.”
A busy social life and career
“I loved it, I had a fantastic life, and I adored my husband. He always told me I was amazing.” On the heart side, her marriage to the sculptor Ronald Cour marked the beginning of an intense creative period. Together, they led an effervescent social life, surrounded by artists and intellectuals like the poet Dylan Thomas.
Today she still paints from her home in Mumbles, overlooking Swansea Bay. His technique, based on the tactile exploration of colors, has left its mark on generations of students and has been celebrated at international exhibitions, mainly in Europe and the United States. For Glenys, color is a philosophy of life. It nourishes his art and his spirit. “I couldn't live without working“, she confides.
published on December 24 at 4:05 p.m., Sébastien Salpietro, 6Medias
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