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About Hélène Lachapelle
Quebec painter

Hélène Lachapelle is a contemporary painter from Québec whose work explores the invisible landscapes that live within us.

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Through abstract and semi-abstract painting, she allows sensitive spaces to emerge where matter, breath, and light reveal an inner presence.

Painting workshop of the painter Hélène Lachapelle

Artist biography

Born in Montréal, Hélène Lachapelle lives and works in Saint-Eustache, in the Basses-Laurentides region of Québec.

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A painter for more than forty years, she has developed a practice rooted in the exploration of inner landscapes. Her work is inspired by nature, materiality, and the invisible forces that connect human beings to their environment.

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Working in abstract and semi-abstract painting, the artist explores a subtle dialogue between the visible and the invisible. Guided by intuition, breath, and the movement of the gesture, she allows forms, textures, and luminous spaces to emerge, evoking deep inner territories.

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Her work invites viewers to slow down and enter a contemplative space where matter becomes a passage between human experience and the mystery of the world.

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Artistic training

2013-2022
Acrylic Painting, Caroline Archambault, St-Sauveur

Observation, drawing, color, composition, abstraction, tools and mediums, movement, light, transparency,                            poetry and self-expression

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2006-2011

Acrylic Painting and learning through "Seeing" (intuition and trust), Jeannine Teebhoo - Montreal

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2005-2006

Acrylic Painting and observational drawing (right hemisphere), Francine Labelle - Montreal

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2003-2005

Various workshops at the Saydie Bronfman Center and with Seymour Segal, Montreal

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1994-2002

Watercolor, drawing, and creative exploration, Yolaine Lefebvre, SCA member - Sainte-Thérèse

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1986-1992

Oil Painting, Techniques of the great masters, Georges Boka - St-Eustache

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1979-1982

Oil Painting and drawing, Samir Kachami, St-Eustache

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1970-1972

DEC in Fine Arts, Cégep Lionel-Groulx - Ste-Thérèse

Artistic statement

Hélène Lachapelle explores sensitive territories where the visible and the invisible meet.

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Through a painting practice increasingly guided by intuition and inner listening, she allows deep landscapes to emerge where matter, breath, and light enter into dialogue.

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Her works invite a pause, a moment to breathe, and an encounter with what whispers within us—an intimate space where our essence may resonate with the soul of the world.

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Honors

Awards and recognitions

2026

  • Finalist Award, Artist Invitational 12, Camelback Gallery, Arizona, for "Silence des couches profondes"​​

 

2025

  • Finalist Award, Artist Invitational 11, Camelback Gallery, Arizona, for "Ce que le vent ramène"

  • "Public's Choice Award" at the Blainville-Art exhibition, under the theme Red, for the artwork "Transcender" 

  • "Semeur de Culture" Award in the Visual Arts Category, during the Gala Semeur de Culture of the City of Saint-          Eustache

 

2024

  • Honorable Mention of Excellence from Grey Cube Gallery, Online Contest Blue Art Show, November 2024, for            "Arabesque," "Axel," "Renaître," and "Au-dessus des océans comme en-dessous"

  • 1st Jury Prize, Professional Category, at the Blainville Art Exhibition-Competition, for "Au-dessus des océans                comme en dessous"

  • Excellence Award, granted by the jury at the 27th Annual Competiton under the theme "Rupture", at  Maison des        arts St-Faustin, for "À me briser les ailes et mon coeur d'alouette"

  • Finalist Award, Shades or Green competition, Camelback Gallery, Arizona, for "Luciole"

  • Bronze Award, Abstracts with Red competition, Camelback Gallery, Arizona, for "Brasier"

  • Silver Award, Artist Invitational VIII, Camelback Gallery, Arizona, for "Efflorescence"

  • Finalist Award, Shades of Blue competition, Camelback Gallery, Arizona, for "Jaillir des profondeurs"

 

2023

  • 3rd Award, Mascouche Arts Festival

  • 3rd Award, Visual Arts Exhibition of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines

  • 3rd Award, Amateur Category, Blainville-Art thematic exhibition, “Tribute to Riopelle”

 

2010

  • 1st Award, Public Choice, Bois-des-Filion Painting Symposium

 

1998

  • Mention “Fluidity and movement”, 15th Salon, SCA, Montreal

 

1987

  • Choice of the painting given to the honorary president, Yvon Deschamps, at the Salon de l’oeuvre d’art du Quebec, Laval

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Comments from judges and other renowned artists

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  • Delicacy of the composition, transparency effects, an ethereal rendering of light, and a suggestion of movement.

  • Great poetry and evocative presence

  • The gesture dominates the form, everything is open and suggested

  • Great mastery of acrylic (subtlety of the palette, use of glazes)

  • Balance in composition

  • Grace in movement

  • Beautiful light and infinite softness

  • Of distinct quality

  • Captivating

  • Profoundness

  • Magnificent colors

  • Shown restraint, going straight to the point

  • No need for more to understand the work

  • Hypnotic​​

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