Thérèse COUSTRY (1950-) : « Lying cat »

Acrylic on canvas mounted representing the cat Pompon. Dated Casteau December 21, 1990.

His paintings always make you dream and you would like to stage yourself there with great happiness. His style, sometimes associated with the naive through the optimism and serenity that emanates from it, differs from it at other times by adopting a powerful and detail-oriented technique that approaches hyper-realism. especially in his portraits of cats.

Excerpt from the newspaper “Vers l’avenir” by José Mespouille
“The work of Thérèse Coustry is really multiple, difficult to classify. She is believed to be naive, she is hyperrealistic. It is believed to be animalistic, it excels in the landscape. In any case, she offers paintings flooded with light where the cat reigns supreme. His paintings tell stories in a country where everything is beautiful, under an ever-present sun. The innumerable characters seem perfectly happy in these landscapes where everything is ordered and resplendent with colors... The old houses, the farmhouses, the landscapes of our regions or elsewhere, the cats... are painted with a meticulousness that leaves you dreaming. An assured technique, a fertile imagination, a very sure approach to painting allow him to create beautiful works, sometimes moving, always optimistic. »