Canadian painter Odile Richer takes a refined realist approach to her compositions of faces and figures.
The often complex backgrounds against which she places her models, and the clothing in which she poses them, offer a dense variety of textures, shapes and value relationships that contrast with the faces of the models themselves.
Often there is an element of whimsey in her arrangements.
Richer is represented by RDJ Gallery in Bridgehampton, NY, and her work is currently on display as part of the Women Painting Women group show I recently covered.
