L' Oeil et la bouche, Limited edition screenprint
All artwork and paintings copyright Catherine Marche
Fashion illustration with inks
A field of poppies, acrylics
Some of you might have seen my illustrations in the underground, newspapers, books, lamps, apparel...
Catherine Marche, la girl with a beret, in action, painting a mural at Olympia. I assume you have already guessed the theme ? Moulin rouge.
For bespoke jewellery commissions, it all starts with you and your story.
The spirit of the commission is captured in quick sketches to express ideas and concepts.
Which may evolve into 3D jewellery renderings, using traditional techniques like gouache .
Sometimes, the inspiration startssimply by looking at the gemstones ... It seems they speak to me and tell me what they would like to become.
Jewellery Illustration and Gouaché de bijoux
My gouaché de bijoux, pearls earrings, winner of the Auverture jewellery illustration contest.
If you leave a pen and a bit of paper near me, I usually end up absently drawing ... At school, most of my notebook margins were filled with sketches, drawings of other pupils, teachers, abstracted shapes.
I started being commissioned for my art as a teenager, doing posters for the conservatoire national de musique concerts, artworks for charities doing fundraising, portraits and posters for other students and parties...
At the moment, my paintings are in a much smaller scale, concentrating on jewellery pieces.