“Atmo Zakes started her education as an artist with a 3year professional photography / visual arts program at Cegep du Vieux Montréal in 1970-73 and has continued educating herself ever since. Her first solo exhibition of watercolors and pencil drawings was in Trausse, France in 1995. She has presented her work since, in many other exhibitions for several Artist Associations in Montréal.”
She also had a solo exhibition at the International Museum of Naïve Art in Magog, Québec for four months in 2023. One of her paintings is now in the permanent collection there.
Atmo loves to paint with watercolors, dry pastel, acrylics and oil. Mixed media, including image transfers, oriental technique and collages are part of her experiments. The discovery of water soluble oil paints is now her preferred medium.
“Experimenting with new subjects, techniques and paints is what pleases me most and makes painting one of the great adventures of my life. To choose political (peace) and environmental (nature) subjects is part of my long-standing social conscience and makes me feel involved and present”.
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NO YOU DON’T
oil on board
16”x20”
VIGILANCE
oil on board
20”x24”
NOVEMBER WALK
acrylic on canvas
20”x16”
Doing the Harris Waltz
acrylic
20”x24”
PARADISE LOST
ink-paper-map
8,5”x11”
IN THE FOREST
oil on canvas
7.0”x9,5”
LONDON ROOFS
ink and coloured pencil on paper
9”x12”
THE GEESE ARE BACK
ink on paper mat
12”x18”
BARN ROOFS
and coloured pencil on paper
9”x12”
CHATEAU FRONTENAC
ink on paper
12”x16”