Marcel Jomphe

Website: www.marceljomphe.art

Country: Canada

I was born in Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec, Canada, and I currently lives in Rimouski, Quebec. I began to draw as a teenager, and photograph in my early twenties. I made a career as a scientific illustrator in botany. My illustrations are published in over 60 scientific publications. I retired from my job in 2012 and have been working as a freelance visual artist ever since. I participated in more than 24 international exhibitions in United States, Canada and Europe (Spain, Italy, France) and received several international awards. I define myself as an "artist FOR nature": a quiet and peaceful activism that helps raise awareness of nature. Through my work in natural environments, I seek to reconnect my fellow human beings to what surrounds them and to show that local nature is fascinating and spectacular. My creative process uses meticulous observations that are slowly distilled over time in my subconscious, and finally rendered in detailed drawings and photographs either traditionally or digitally produced.

Expansion, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.

Black Wash, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.

Uninhabited Place, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.

Turbulence, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.

Golden Tree, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.

Great Current, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.

Born from Stone, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.

Parietal, 2022. Photograph, 40 x 50 cm.