The French-born, Los Angeles–based artist Claire Tabouret is best known for painting portraits with sheer washes of acrylic that allow neon shades of underpainting to luminously shine through. Her work has often focused on the intimacy of portraiture, emphasizing the enigma of childhood and the relationship embedded in group dynamics. Over the past five years Tabouret has returned to landscape, applying thick layers of acrylic paint onto plush canvases in dialogue with post-Impressionist artists Édouard Vuillard and Les Nabis. Drawing from these artists’ tendencies toward abstraction, Tabouret experiments with light, design, and materiality to create an intimate and contemplative space, one in which stories unfold.

Join Claire Tabouret in conversation with OCMA CEO and Director Heidi Zuckerman as they discuss the importance of discomfort, the role of landscape, portraiture, love, and family.

OCMA’s Artist Talks are generously sponsored by Cheryl and Bruce Kiddoo.