About Narcisse Rafati
Based in France. Bachelor in commercial economy and also she studied three masters, master’s degree in sociology, master’s degree in art and third; art history & globalization in France. She lives in France. Member of Art Mondial Academia in France. Member of IWS Global (International Watercolor society).
Her primary medium is watercolor but also she works with the other mediums like acrylic and oil color. Participated in many group exhibitions international and solo exhibitions. She is curator & Art Exhibition Organizer, during theses years, she hold solo and group exhibitions for artists in form of virtual and in-person exhibition in USA, France, Turkey, … .
About this collection
I always work with different mediums such as oil color, acrylic and watercolor. But now, I have been focusing on watercolor for some time and the current collection was done with watercolor.
Working with watercolor gives me a sense of transparency and lightness, but at the same time, it has its own complexities, which are very attractive to me. If an error occurs in the work, most of the cases cannot be corrected, so it requires concentration, certainty and fast reaction.
When I work with the watercolor medium, it’s like I’m having a conversation between myself and the painting, sometimes I’m faced with questions from the other side that need a quick, correct and decisive response, because when these questions remain unanswered a big vacuum is created in my painting. These challenges are very attractive to me.
Working in watercolor has taught me that as a painter, I am not a 100% decision maker in creating a watercolor painting, and things happen during work that are not in my control.
But during this period, I benefited a lot from nature.
In the paintings of the nature collection, I used colors that may not be seen normally in nature. My goal in this collection has been to be able to portray my feelings through color.
Also, the trees are present in a white background, which is the whiteness of the paper, which shows a kind of seasonless.
These paintings are usually done in two plans, the back plan, which is a pile of trees, and the front plan, where the trees are seen almost dry and alone.