When your view of the world looks different from how most perceive it, maybe it’s due to how you have always understood and interpreted things. It’s not a wrong approach, not a fault or mixed wiring in your brain or character, you are simply uniquely you. For a long time I had the notion that being an artist was the reason I often feel like an outsider but then I observe other artists, I don’t get that impression as some of them seem quite comfortable in social settings. Then I… Read more Outsider →
Resumed work on the art book this morning ( title: Circé’s Art: a post transition evolution ), I had walked away from it for a while as I struggled with… Read more Working on a new book about my art. →
Joelle Circe is one of our brilliant artists for Act 1 of Goddess Day Arts Festival’21, and you will admire her colourful, provocative paintings.See them March 28 th get your… Read more My art will be featured at the Goddess Art Festival. →
The social status of trans people is still fairly taboo when it comes to proper representation. What I mean by this is that too often, the lives of people of trans origin are co-opted and spoken about and for by cis-gender folks. Our bodies, our identities, our very existence seems fair game for Hollywood, never stopping to consider that maybe they could reach out to actual trans actors and actresses to play trans roles. Who better to get into the mindset might be the logical reactions though it is rarely… Read more Trans Representation →
x Young Girl with Doll / Jeune Fille avec Poupée@ Circé pastel on paper / pastel sur papier Young Woman model / Jeune Femme posant@ Circé oil on canvas / huile sur toile20″ x 24″ Still life / Nature Morte@ Circé oil on canvas / huile sur toile12″ x 16″ Still Life Monochrome / Nature Morte monochromatique@ Circé oil on canvas / huile sur toile8″ x 10″ Straw hat, apples and pear / Chapeau de paille, pommes et poire@ Circé oil on canvas / huile sur toile12″ x 16″ A… Read more Pre-Transition Art →
Young Woman@ Circé charcoal on paper / fusain sur papier Stump / Souche@ Circé oil on canvas / huile sur toile12″ x 16″ View from our old house in St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Qc. / Vue de notre ancienne maison à St-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Qc.@CircéOil on canvas / huile sur toile16” x 20” A view from a house we once had that looked out from a hill down at route 343 north in St-Alphonse-Rodriguez in the Lanaudière region of Quebec. Une vue à partir d’une maison que nous avions il y a plusieurs années de… Read more Other Paintings and Drawings since 2001. →
Nights Sweet Reward / La Nuit et sa Récompense@Circé Oil on canvas / huile sur toile16” x 20”The vampiress holds her lover in her embrace, her vampire nature, a symbol of a strength known by women about their sisters but feared and discouraged in a patriarchal society. I depict her lover, eyes closed and abandoning herself to whatever may come. In this scene, I am exploring the Madonna / Whore persona as well as the huntress and prey dynamic. La vampire tient son amoureuse dans ses bras. Sa nature, un symbole… Read more Vampires →
Rope Play / Jeux de Cordes©Circéoil on canvas / huile sur toile 24” x 36” Female sexuality, power exchange, consent. Circé sees such activities as a possible subversive act of lampooning patriarchy. She does not perceive any woman who participate in Kink or BDSM play as non-feminist, but rather sees it all as just another expression of sexuality. For Circé, there is no shame in consensual sexuality. That the patriarchy may have had a hand in how a woman can be a submissive can hold truth, it should never take away… Read more Erotic Art →
Joelle Circé 