Drissia Abid was born in Morocco. She came to Canada in 1989 to lead a life in which she could freely develop her talents as an artist while supporting herself as an independent person.
Her love of nature finds expression in the still lifes she creates that are replete with plums, apples and pears — feasts for the senses, so reminiscent of the art of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists who came before her. Her enjoyment of people is evident in the works that celebrate music, the happiness of weddings, and the love of mothers for their children.
Although she is largely self-taught, Drissia is well-traveled and very familiar with the mosaics and mosaic-covered monuments of the exotic regions of northern Africa and southern Europe, where the climate is hot and dry, and the hues rich and saturated. This resource is the background of colour and design that comes forth from within when she paints in her typically spontaneous fashion. In the minutely brushed backgrounds of many works, small flecks of pink, orange, red and yellow flicker and shimmer like silk.
In recent paintings, there is a move towards a more painterly, less representational style in which the viewer is invited to participate in the interpretation of the piece. This phase too may change as Drissia evolves into the painter she must become.
– Anne Rosenberg, Art Critic and Curator
Vancouver, August 2009
Her love of nature finds expression in the still lifes she creates that are replete with plums, apples and pears — feasts for the senses, so reminiscent of the art of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists who came before her. Her enjoyment of people is evident in the works that celebrate music, the happiness of weddings, and the love of mothers for their children.
Although she is largely self-taught, Drissia is well-traveled and very familiar with the mosaics and mosaic-covered monuments of the exotic regions of northern Africa and southern Europe, where the climate is hot and dry, and the hues rich and saturated. This resource is the background of colour and design that comes forth from within when she paints in her typically spontaneous fashion. In the minutely brushed backgrounds of many works, small flecks of pink, orange, red and yellow flicker and shimmer like silk.
In recent paintings, there is a move towards a more painterly, less representational style in which the viewer is invited to participate in the interpretation of the piece. This phase too may change as Drissia evolves into the painter she must become.
– Anne Rosenberg, Art Critic and Curator
Vancouver, August 2009
