Isabelle Aubry of Artis®, lives and works in Marrakesh, Morocco. Her amazing contemporary canvas embroideries are inspired by the exquisite moroccan mosaïcs that surround her life, with her focus on the richness of the arabian - moorish art and architecture. Isabelle also has a special regard for a Morocco heading towards the future, but strong and proud of its past.     Please click on all images to see more.
	"Sheherazade" (after a mosaïc from Fès Royal Museum) 49" X 71"   (124 cm x 180 cm) © Isabelle Aubry

Isabelle writes: "All the sumptuousness and complexity of this fabulous fountain are accurately transferred on the embroidery canvas. Taking up to 1000 hours' work, Isabelle Aubry's needlepoint canvases are quite similar to the mosaïc itself, though many of the patterns are on an enlarged scale. The resulting pieces are very dramatic!

I use cotton thread "DMC 117 - mouliné spécial" together with 39 penelope canvas from Zweigart; I'm also doing some tests with moroccan silk and expect to have it specialy prepared for me so that I could use it as well as DMC cotton."


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	"Sunset" (after a classic piece of traditional moroccan zellij) 71" X 71"   (180 cm x 180 cm) © Isabelle Aubry

"This monumental work in four sections creates the radiance of the full sun motif."


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	"Blue Night" (after a a mosaïc from Marrakesh Ben Youssef Medersa) 46" X 52"  (117 cm x 132 cm) © Isabelle Aubry "Dark tones vibrating under the shining of a symbolic moon give a wonderful atmosphere for this "Modern Style" canvas." ~
	"Rising Sun" (after a mosaïc from Casablanca Hassan II mosque) 46" X 61"  (117 cm x 156 cm) © Isabelle Aubry "A pretty rare modern mosaïc realised in pastel tones specially created for Hassan II mosque." ~

Isabelle's canvases seem like luminous pictures full of the
memory of the works that inspired them.

See many more pieces of her work on her lovely new website:
http://www.isabelleaubry.com/

April 2006 - Exhibition

The Galerie D'Art Lawrence-Arnott
Marrakesh, Morocco
held an exhibition of Isabelle's work entitled
"Tableaux Haute Corture"
April 18th - May 11th 2006


You can make contact by email: Isabelle Aubry