About

About my path...

I was born and raised in Normandie, the province of France so loved by the Impressionists. The expansive skies, rolling fields, and gardens captured my heart, and I realized quite early that I was an artist. However, my conservative, traditional upbringing discredited women artists, so my passion went largely unnoticed until I moved out of my parents’ apartment in Le Havre.

As a young adult, I traveled the francophone world, living all over France and the western coast of sub-Saharan Africa before settling in the States. It is there that I was able to gain my independence and fully devote myself to painting.

My art through the eyes of others...

"The influence of her travels are apparent in Mireille’s paintings as she so often looks to landscape, and, particularly, skies. Her shifting environments have the ability to portray one’s internal state through light and composition. This is evident in her paintings, as the skies can seriously be considered as characters themselves, and those characters may change from viewer to viewer. Something similar can be said of her still-life paintings which pair novel items to share a narrative with the viewer, one which is, paradoxically, alive. In experimenting outside of her classical training, Mireille has been further developing her portrayal of the internal with color, composition, light, and movement. The impression is similar to that of her landscapes, yet electric. There is a more deliberate interrogation of the self at play on the canvas, one which differs slightly from her peacefully contemplative skies. Across all styles, her paintings urge the viewers to look inward."