evelyne pouget: san miguel artist

When people ask me if I am an artist, I usually pause before answering. And the reason why is because deep down I believe that most of us are artists.

Art to me is the ability to tune in, see beauty, and express it in a memorable way. I’m not talking about “beauty” in the traditional sense of the word. I‘m talking about the recognition of what truly moves us as human beings. Artists are simply people who find a way to capture this feeling and evoke it in others. My early influences were places, not people. Born in Paris, I was surrounded by art.

At 17, wanting to explore other cultures, I moved to Rome, where my artist’s journey began, creating posters for the Roman theater and working in a graphic design studio. From there, I traveled the world, then moved to New York City, started my own graphic design studio, and learned how to communicate a message that captured both attention and feeling.

Always I was self-taught. It was feeling and fascination that were my teachers, not professors. It was only when I moved to Woodstock, New York, pregnant with my first child, that my artistic sensibilities fully opened up. I began with portraits, moved on to landscapes, oil pastels, oil painting, and photography.

Living in San Miguel de Allende has opened up my artistic palette to a whole new level.

My first creations here were oil portraits of the people I encountered on my walks – flower vendors, abuelas, and musicians – people most tourists take for granted. Then I added pet portrait commission work and teaching mosaics. Photographing the danceros of San Miguel was also a fabulous project that further opened up my mind and heart.

As an artist, I am on a lifelong quest to find my voice – what I have to say and how I want to say it. It is this voice that I care about, – true meaning, not art trends and style. And while I may never be as well-known as two of my earliest influences, Vermeer and Sargent, I trust that I will continue discovering my voice and the ever-changing forms of its expression, here in the beautiful town San Miguel.

If you are interested in commissing a portrait or landscape, feel free to reach out to me.

CONTACT: evelynepouget2@gmail.com