Delphine Poussot

"My paintings are about Beauty and Light whether they are still lifes,landscapes or portraits. People enjoy looking at them because it makes them feel both relaxed and uplifted. These are the two effects that I extract from the subject matter and translate on the paper through composition, color and transparency. I hope you have this experience when you view my work." Born into an artistic family in Paris, Delphine began drawing and painting at age 3. Her father was a prominent architect, her mother a landscape architect, her great uncle designed airplanes and her great grand father was the jewellery designer Mauboussin. Her talent was fostered at home and through study in France and other parts of the world. In Paris, Delphine studied under sculptor, Etienne Martin. As years and study progressed, she went on to earn a bachelor of fine arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her first career steps took her to combining accomplishments in sculpture and commercial art as she designed perfume bottles and packaging for the cosmetics field. Summer Capture It was shortly after coming to the States that Delphine began serious study in watercolor. She has studied with Skip Lawrence, Frank Francese, and most importantly Nita Engle who taught her how to paint with freedom and complete looseness and fluidity while retaining control where needed. She had always been moved and intrigued by the medium's organic and lively nature, after her classes with Nita her style settled to a very loose and airy adaptation that allows pigment to move with water, mixing in both controlled and unpredictable ways. Poussot's watercolors combine a masterful talent of contrasting techniques. Her works glow with light and have the combination of soft movement and striking composition. She will tell you that she seeks to convey the absolute and miraculous beauty found in the simplest of creations. Delphine is a very disciplined and focused painter. And, that discipline and focus is driven by a passion fed by seeing her vision conveyed in pigment and paper. Her artistic vision and diverse subject matter are fueled by her frequent travels around the world. Poussot constantly challenges herself by incorporating different uses of water and washes, as well as color and light, whether painting landscapes, still lifes or portraits of contemporary cultures. Poussot has exhibited extensively in national and international shows over the past 18 years. In addition to numerous shows at the American College in Bryn Mawr, Poussot has exhibited at the Rosenfeld Gallery in Philadelphia, Garrubbo Bazan Gallery in West Chester, Galerie du Sud in Atlanta GA, the Morris Arboretum, and Port Grimaud, France. She is a Signature Member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Watercolor Society and Baltimore Watercolor Society. She has served as a trustee on the Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and is currently lecturing in their Visiting Artists Program. She resides in Naples, Florida.