Coralie Huon is a multi disciplinary creative guided by her love of nature and the outdoors. Her work is an exploration of the transformative power of nature as well as our interaction with the elements.
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As a painter, she uses natural symbols as a filter to understand and express the human journey and bring connection to oneself. In essence, her works manifest the desire to find life’s deeper meaning through the wonders of the world.
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With her distinctive graphical style and her interest for storytelling, she explores via multiples mediums and scale, painting but also drawing, printmaking, murals and digital illustrations. She loves to transform concepts and stories into compelling visuals through creative collaborations.
Inspiration & processes
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Being outdoors is an important part of what nourishes my work and my connection to nature.
My work in the studio and my plein air sketching are two complimentary facets of my approach. ​​​​​​
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Drawing outside allows me to deeply connect with my environment, understanding it better and capturing its mood, as well as my own, through a limited timeframe, encapsulating the moment in its raw emotion.
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On larger formats in the studio, I can extend the meditative and contemplative process of painting/ drawing to explore emotions & concept in more elaborate depths and details.
My journey
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Since childhood, I have been both drawn to moving in nature and to draw the world around me and the imaginary world within me. Outside I would immerge myself into the elements, scrambling every bit of rock I could find and doing summersaults under the water. Inside I would be bent over a sheet of paper, doodling away the day, fascinated that you could built world and tell stories with just a pencil.
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As I trained as an interior designer and an architect, I quickly got interested on how design could influence eco-friendly behaviours and how my work could positive impact the world, an in particular the natural world.
After a decade of working in the field of architecture in the UK and continuing my art practice on the side, I discovered rock climbing​, which both uniting my love for movement, travelling to beautiful places, and solving complex visual and physical problems.
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This new found passion led to reignite and redirect my artistic practice after a climbing accident: I drew a graphic novel out of this experience and this was the start of drawing and painting climbers, rocks, waves and exploring telling stories though the natural elements. ​​
I moved to the french Alpes to dedicate myself to my creative practice, be closer to the source of my inspiration and to be more closely connected to nature. ​Still today, developing awareness of the natural world and our place in it is key to my work, both personal and with clients.