Hi there. I’m Karine Thibault, an artist based in Ottawa, Canada. I try to capture the beauty and poetry of the human spirit in my art, done mostly in graphite and oil. View my portfolio → Learn more about me → Contact me → var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-1672851-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @karinethibault)http://karinethibault.com/<p>Started 3 new paintings this morning&#8230; Feels great to spend time in the studio again.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/19190409844http://karinethibault.com/post/19190409844Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:31:34 -0400artstudio<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04tb1A9CR1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>untitled: oil and graphite on linen, 24” x 20”, 2012</strong></p> <p>New painting in progress. I’m revisiting my 2005 series <a href="/post/11821757707/tic-tac-toe-oil-and-graphite-on-linen-22-x-20">Tic-Tac-Toe</a>.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/18470541690http://karinethibault.com/post/18470541690Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:54:37 -0500artportraitpaintingportfoliowork in progress<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusb4hV3yB1r59edvo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> February 13, 2012<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusb4hV3yB1r59edvo5_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> November 21, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusb4hV3yB1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> October 24, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lusb4hV3yB1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> October 11, 2011<br/><br/> <p><strong>untitled: oil and graphite on linen, 24” x 20”, 2012</strong></p> <p>New painting in progress. I’m revisiting my 2005 series <a href="/post/11821757707/tic-tac-toe-oil-and-graphite-on-linen-22-x-20">Tic-Tac-Toe</a>.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/12910221023http://karinethibault.com/post/12910221023Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:18:00 -0500artportraitportfoliopaintingwork in progress<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltyg2t73pB1r59edvo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> February 13, 2012<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltyg2t73pB1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> March 19, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltyg2t73pB1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> December 12, 2010<br/><br/> <p><strong>untitled: oil and graphite on linen, 24” x 20”, 2012</strong></p> <p>New painting in progress. I’m revisiting my 2005 series <a href="/post/11821757707/tic-tac-toe-oil-and-graphite-on-linen-22-x-20">Tic-Tac-Toe</a>.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/12178705765http://karinethibault.com/post/12178705765Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500artportraitportfoliopaintingwork in progress<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3ep0jiH71r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3ep0jiH71r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3ep0jiH71r59edvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>My studio</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/13187141331http://karinethibault.com/post/13187141331Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:53:00 -0500artpaintingstudiopaint<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lupyhs9wrK1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Response to the suspension of the 2012 enrollment of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Queen’s University by Stephanie Arndt</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/12853777764http://karinethibault.com/post/12853777764Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:06:00 -0500art educationqueen's university“(Flesh) is all things. Ugly, beautiful, repulsive, compelling, anxious, neurotic, dead, alive.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/2011-09-15_jenny-saville/">Jenny Saville - CONTINUUM @ Gagosian Gallery</a></em>http://karinethibault.com/post/12839420112http://karinethibault.com/post/12839420112Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:44:00 -0500inspirationquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luk5jm5Md31qbu658o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sammogelonsky.tumblr.com/post/12693897519/sad-news-this-week-for-my-fellow-queens">sammogelonsky</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sad news this week for my fellow Queen’s University BFA’s as they announce they will be suspending the program! Gone will be the late nights dancing before crits, chilling in Ontario Hall and making crazy things in the wood-shop. My heart goes out to the great profs who have made KIngston their home and I hope Queen’s will reconsider their decision to let such a small but good program die.</p> </blockquote>http://karinethibault.com/post/12711053324http://karinethibault.com/post/12711053324Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:00:00 -0500art educationqueen's university<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpbe1kfC91r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpbe1kfC91r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpbe1kfC91r59edvo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>untitled: graphite on panel, 20” x 24”, 2007-present<br/></strong><em>(part 3)</em></p> <p>This series is still a work in progress (see <a href="/tagged/drawing+on+wood">other works in this series</a>).</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/11974402898http://karinethibault.com/post/11974402898Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:42:00 -0400artdrawingportfolioportraitdrawing on wood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltparwA73G1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltparwA73G1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltparwA73G1r59edvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>untitled: oil and graphite on linen, 24” x 20”, 2011</strong></p> <p>New painting in progress. I’m revisiting my 2005 series <a href="/post/11821757707/tic-tac-toe-oil-and-graphite-on-linen-22-x-20">Tic-Tac-Toe</a>.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/11973790656http://karinethibault.com/post/11973790656Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:28:00 -0400artpaintingportfolioportraitwork in progress<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpa4gkeXY1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> September 26, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpa4gkeXY1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> May 23, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpa4gkeXY1r59edvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> April 18, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpa4gkeXY1r59edvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> March 19, 2011<br/><br/> <p><strong>details: oil on canvas, 12” x 12”, 2011</strong></p> <p>Another new painting in progress. I’m revisiting my 2005 series <a href="/post/11824208216/details-oil-on-canvas-5-x-12-x-12-2006-on">details</a>.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/11973134815http://karinethibault.com/post/11973134815Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:14:00 -0400arteyespaintingportfoliowork in progress“I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.”<br/><br/> - <em>Lucian Freud</em>http://karinethibault.com/post/11970460480http://karinethibault.com/post/11970460480Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:01:00 -0400inspirationquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltp9e8fsPq1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> September 26, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltp9e8fsPq1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> March 19, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltp9e8fsPq1r59edvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> January 22, 2011<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltp9e8fsPq1r59edvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> January 2, 2011<br/><br/> <p><strong>untitled: oil and graphite on linen, 24” x 20”, 2011</strong></p> <p>New painting in progress. I’m revisiting my 2005 series <a href="/post/11821757707/tic-tac-toe-oil-and-graphite-on-linen-22-x-20">Tic-Tac-Toe</a>.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/11972393830http://karinethibault.com/post/11972393830Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:58:00 -0400artpaintingportfolioportraitwork in progress“An air, a feeling, not a portrait - if it’s a portrait, it’s a portrait of an emotion.”<br/><br/> - <em>Jenny Saville</em>http://karinethibault.com/post/11737555023http://karinethibault.com/post/11737555023Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:41:00 -0400inspirationquote<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4m9MwAp1r59edvo5_500.jpg"/><br/> January 2010<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4m9MwAp1r59edvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> January 2010<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4m9MwAp1r59edvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> February 2009<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4m9MwAp1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> December 2008<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4m9MwAp1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> October 2008<br/><br/> <p><strong>untitled: graphite on panel, 20” x 24”, 2007-present</strong><em><br/></em></p> <p>Still a work in progress… (see <a href="/tagged/drawing+on+wood">other works in this series</a>)</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/11824623394http://karinethibault.com/post/11824623394Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500artdrawingportfolioportraitdrawing on wood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4f5464i1r59edvo11_500.jpg"/><br/> November 2007<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4f5464i1r59edvo6_500.jpg"/><br/> December 2007<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4f5464i1r59edvo7_500.jpg"/><br/> December 2007<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4f5464i1r59edvo8_500.jpg"/><br/> December 2007<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4f5464i1r59edvo9_500.jpg"/><br/> December 2007<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4f5464i1r59edvo10_500.jpg"/><br/> November 2007<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj4f5464i1r59edvo12_500.jpg"/><br/> July 2007<br/><br/> <p><strong>untitled: graphite on panel, 20” x 24”, 2007-present</strong><em><br/></em></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p>This series began with a focus on the early stages of the painting process, dedicating myself entirely to the art of drawing. Observing the different stages of creation has always been of much interest to me. At this point in time, I’m not sure how far these pieces will be taken, yet that’s part their appeal… Could these works be shown as is? Do they require a higher level of finish? And, most importantly, how does the finish of these works relate to the message they seek to bring to the viewer?</p> <p>As the message is becoming clearer to me with each piece, it is currently impossible for me to answer these questions. There are many more pieces to come, and through those works, I hope to begin to answer these challenging questions.</p>http://karinethibault.com/post/11824446733http://karinethibault.com/post/11824446733Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500artdrawingportfolioportraitdrawing on wood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj45sF7El1r59edvo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj45sF7El1r59edvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj45sF7El1r59edvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj45sF7El1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj45sF7El1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>details: oil on canvas, 5 x 12” x 12”, 2006</strong></p> <p>On display during <strong>How much would you say this weighs?</strong>:</p> <ul><li><a href="/exhibitions/how_much.html">View exhibition info →</a></li> </ul>http://karinethibault.com/post/11824208216http://karinethibault.com/post/11824208216Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:01:00 -0500artpaintingportfolioeyes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Installation view<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo5_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo4_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo3_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo2_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Work in progress (February 27, 2006)<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj269tg6d1r59edvo9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Work in progress (March 24, 2006)<br/><br/> <p><strong>Un, Two, Tres, Quattro, Fünf: oil on canvas, 5 x 36” x 72”, 2006</strong></p> <p>On display during <strong>How much would you say this weighs?</strong>:</p> <ul><li><a href="/exhibitions/how_much.html">View exhibition info →</a></li> </ul>http://karinethibault.com/post/11822431390http://karinethibault.com/post/11822431390Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0500artpaintingportfolioportrait<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj1dy2Cbk1r59edvo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj1dy2Cbk1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj1dy2Cbk1r59edvo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj1dy2Cbk1r59edvo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj1dy2Cbk1r59edvo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj1dy2Cbk1r59edvo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Installation view<br/><br/> <p><strong>Tic-Tac-Toe: oil and graphite on linen, 22” x 20”, 2005</strong></p> <p>On display during <strong>How much would you say this weighs?</strong>:</p> <ul><li><a href="/exhibitions/how_much.html">View exhibition info →</a></li> </ul>http://karinethibault.com/post/11821757707http://karinethibault.com/post/11821757707Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:01:00 -0500artpaintingportraitportfolio<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltj17rAcAz1r59edvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>connecting… even when there’s a gap: oil and graphite on panel & photograph in shadow box, 66” x 78”, 2005</strong></p> <p>On display during <strong>HOME·[made]</strong>:</p> <ul><li><a href="/exhibitions/home_made.html">View exhibition info →</a></li> <li><a href="/reviews/smusiak.html">Read The Queen’s Journal’s review →</a></li> <li><a href="/reviews/chowaniec.html">Read the Union Gallery’s review →</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B-IblYsmD7QJMTlmNTQxN2YtY2Q1OC00M2FmLTg3NTMtYmI2Y2ZiYjhkYzk5&hl=en_US&pli=1">View comments from the exhibition guestbook <img align="middle" height="19" width="18" alt="PDF icon" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltkufvE6Vk1r1mpu1.png"/> →</a></li> </ul><p>As well as during <strong>How much would you say this weighs?</strong>:</p> <ul><li><a href="/exhibitions/how_much.html">View exhibition info →</a></li> </ul>http://karinethibault.com/post/11821607456http://karinethibault.com/post/11821607456Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0500artpaintingportfolio