
Jacqueline Poirier
Jacqueline Poirier paints stuff on white plates. Doesn’t sound that interesting? I thought the same until I saw them.
Her subjects cover a really wide variety of subjects – from koi to pancakes to landscapes to Mike Tyson, and they’re all stunning, no matter how banal the subject. They’re so good, in fact, that she was named the Resident Artist at The Ritz-Carlton in Toronto. Who knew that was even a thing? She has a little shop in the hotel, the restaurant’s walls are covered in them, and all their meals come on her one-of-a-kind painted charger plates.
She’s also plate painter to the stars, with commissions for A-list luminaries like Morgan Freeman and Al Pacino. It’s easy to see why she’s been such a huge success. She seems to paint everything with equal talent and skill. Who does that?
Anyway, I need a whole lot of them. Unfortunately, although her website has a shopping cart, I have yet to figure out how to actually buy the things. But I’m going to keep trying!
Her instagram @thecrazyplatelady is where a lot of the magic happens. Go check her out!
All photos property of Jacqueline Poirier.
September 17, 2016 at 6:52 am
I’m seriously intrigued.
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September 17, 2016 at 7:53 am
They really are incredible.
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September 17, 2016 at 8:34 am
Hmmmmm. I thought cool….until I remember I had seen the llama somewhere last year at an art festival. I talked to the artist about the llama in the red scarf….uh? Who is taking whose work here? Check this out!
http://kandytate.com/gallery/animals/
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September 17, 2016 at 9:48 am
Uh oh.
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September 17, 2016 at 10:26 am
You must get your beloved to open up a case file.
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September 17, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Ha!
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September 17, 2016 at 10:08 am
Not good…
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September 17, 2016 at 10:26 am
Noooo. Then I thought, okay, it must be a community llama…then I saw the copyright statement at Kandy Tate’s site….so who knows!
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September 17, 2016 at 10:45 am
You are right…
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September 17, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Community Llama is the band name of the day.
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September 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Giggle.
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September 17, 2016 at 8:40 am
Showed husband…he said, no, we saw that this last spring…so not last year, but spring 2016.
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September 17, 2016 at 9:36 am
These are amazing Donna 🙂
She is so talented.
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September 17, 2016 at 9:50 am
She really is. However, she may also be a talented mimic. See Dawnmarie’s comment.
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September 17, 2016 at 10:06 am
I will check, thank you.
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September 17, 2016 at 10:27 am
All llamas in red scarfs look alike.
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September 17, 2016 at 2:22 pm
Talented indeed! But how interesting that she may be unethical. It would be unusual for such a successful, well known artist (as she appears to be) to get away with copyright infringement but, on the other hand, is it likely that she has paid a licensing fee to all the owners of the images she is using as the basis of her plate paintings? How intriguing. I do so love that chameleon plate though.
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September 17, 2016 at 3:00 pm
She’s very talented, whatever her ethics.
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September 17, 2016 at 3:18 pm
Absolutely. There remains a chance that she has asked for permission from the artists and photographers whose work she has based her plate paintings on.
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September 17, 2016 at 3:56 pm
So glad I saw your post. I’m heading over to her site. 🙂
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September 17, 2016 at 4:46 pm
I’m glad you like her work!
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September 17, 2016 at 6:33 pm
Yes, some of it looks almost 3-D. Intriguing. 🙂
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September 18, 2016 at 4:21 pm
I’m partial to her portraits. Stunning!
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September 18, 2016 at 4:35 pm
They are really good!
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September 19, 2016 at 3:10 pm
Too cool! 🙂
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September 19, 2016 at 6:20 pm
Agreed!
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November 28, 2016 at 7:35 pm
This is really neat, I have never seen any artwork like this before. Incorporating everyday objects and pop culture images is so cool. Thanks for sharing the link to her site, I am going to check it out!
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November 28, 2016 at 7:57 pm
She’s an absolute genius. I hope you enjoy browsing her site as much as I did!
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