Imagine being suspended in water, encircled by ephemeral objects that glint, gleem , shift shadows, reveal images and illuminate colors. Such is the highly exceptional nature of La Chauviniere’s translucent sculpture.

The works of artist La Chauviniere-Riant defy categorization or easy description…they must be seen, experienced. Mme. La Chauviniere-Riant uses an industrial resin (torolythe) to suspend found objects and luminous pieces creating evocative, engaging sculpture.

Each of her pieces is original by virtue of the materials and components…more importantly, by events and injustices that inspire her creations. Her subject matters are compelling, moving, intellectually demanding and for some, disquieting. As with all important art, her work never leaves a viewer unaffected.

The only known artist to be working with torolythe, La Chauvinere-Riant has fused several art forms to create pieces that are unique and uniquely significative. The encasing resin, atypically, is not a hard and impersonal surface but hand sanded, rubbed by the artist to attain a clear glow that compels contact. The pieces are not cold and distant as one would expect but as warm as the fingertips of the admirer.

La Chauviniere-Riant’s early artistic development in Tunisia is evident from her love of luminosity and the use of translucency to convey innermost, spiritual and spirited sensibilities. Her life time has been spent in worldly circumstances and in sometimes difficult or besieged locations. Her empathy for global grievances and exploitations, as exquisitely experienced by individuals, is subliminally evident in each piece. Seemingly disparate elements almost mystically combine to affect each viewer, personally, from within.

Impressionistic, inspired images that are uniquely expressed is the essence of La Chauviniere-Riant’s art.