Danielle Lauzon is a self-taught painter who lives and works in Quebec, Canada. Her paintings bring together colour, shape and line, which work with or against one another to capture a single moment in an unfolding tale, both her own and that of the viewer looking at the work. Lauzon works either around a predefined form or through full improvisation, letting colours and forms take shape on paper and enter into dialogue with one another. She nearly always finishes a piece by drawing lines in pastel, which either reinforce the sense of form already present or introduce elements that cast doubt on any single, fixed interpretation.

Lauzon is drawn to this kind of ambiguity, allowing her colours to sit weightlessly within the picture plane. For her, painting is a way of holding onto the present moment, however brief, offering a pause from time's usual pace and a chance to simply live within it.