Cultural Impressions at the Hudson Community Centre

It gives me great pleasure to announce that I am presenting selected artworks and original photographs from my series Iconic Egypt & Beyond at the Hudson Community Centre throughout the month of March. I warmly invite you to visit the exhibition, held as part of the cultural initiatives organized by Artistes Hudson Artists (AHA)

The works on display belong to a larger body of exhibitions previously shown in Lake Como & Florence, Italy; London, England; and Montreal—each venue contributing to the evolving dialogue between place, memory, and artistic expression that defines this body of work.

To create these pieces, I developed a distinctive technique I call Pintography—a process that fuses multiple photographic images, transfers them onto canvas, and then enhances them with oil paint. This approach emphasizes the painterly dimension of photography, transforming the image into a tactile and expressive surface.

Just as the Impressionists discovered that painting could transcend literal representation, my intention is to move beyond the boundaries of traditional photography and enter a realm of dreams. Through the fusion of imagery and the expressive power of colour, I seek to create a world where fantasy and memory intertwine—where humanity exists in poetic harmony with the natural world.

By uniting the timeless, classical essence of photography with the immediacy and depth of oil painting, this process challenges the conventional distinctions between artistic disciplines, inviting the viewer into a space where photography and painting become one.

From the series Iconic Egypt & Beyond

''Marlene Luce Tremblay’s series Iconic Egypt & Beyond of which three gelatin silver prints — Anubis and the Temple, Ramses II and the Temple of Amun, and The Mysterious Sphinx — were presented at the Florence Biennale at the Fortezza da Basso. The exhibition brought the imagery of ancient Egypt to Florence, a city long associated with artistic and cultural rebirth.

Created in 2004 during a cultural exchange marking 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and Egypt, the series reflects the artist’s commitment to multicultural dialogue. Through film photography that evolved from black-and-white into luminous desert hues, Tremblay reveals the transcendent spirit of an ancient civilization — a spirit that, despite time and turmoil, continues to resonate in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria today.''

The Mysterious Sphinx