I create visual works in response to my body’s immersion in natural systems. Water, forests, beehives—these living environments become partners in experience and creation. I engage with them physically, through repeated and attentive presence, in a state of slowness and listening. This receptive posture allows me to perceive the subtle rhythms of the world and enter into dialogue with it.

In the field, I capture images, sounds, and textures, which I let resonate within me before transposing them into my studio. My mediums vary depending on the project—painting, sculpture, video, recycled or natural materials—but the process is always guided by the body, sensory memory, and a desire to let the poetic connections between humans and living systems emerge.

This approach gives rise to abstract works rooted in direct experience, but open to interpretation. I am interested in the thresholds between the visible and the invisible, between movement and frozen form, between the intimate and the universal. My work often evokes passages, states of transformation, ritual gestures, without naming them literally.

Each project is an opportunity to deepen this dialogue with the living. Beyond the theme, I am always pursuing a quest for resonance: to bring out, through forms and materials, a sensory experience that connects us to the world.

In March 2020, Radio Canada published a lovely 5 minute video about my work. You can view it by following this link. Note that it is in French. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/atelier-culturel/performances-eclair/performances-eclair/document/nouvelles/article/1504465/atelier-culturel-patricia-lortie-peintre-performance-eclair-arts-visuels.