Geneviève Jost

Geneviève Jost

Geneviève Jost, a Canadian naive painter rooted in Quebec, carries a voice unlike any other in her country’s artistic landscape. Though she lives in the French-speaking province of Canada, her work whispers of other eras echoes of early North American art from the 18th and 19th centuries mingled with the dreamlike poetry of Rousseau.

Born in Belgium, she first walked the halls of European art schools before crossing the ocean to settle in Quebec. Now in her seventies, she remains as gracious and luminous as her canvases, her artistry blooming with quiet radiance.

Her brush lingers on pastoral innocence: children playing flutes beneath wide skies, young figures tending sheep, animals gathered as silent companions. Even her vision of Eve in Eden is serene-alone, yet never lonely, surrounded by creatures that regard her with reverence.

While Canadian naive art often leans toward refinement, Geneviève’s imagery rises not from memory but imagination, shaped by the art she once admired in Belgian and Montreal museums. Through this lens, she creates a world both idealized and deeply human, familiar yet touched with gentle wonder.

Her paintings invite us to pause, breathe, and rediscover harmony in a restless world-a quiet reminder that tenderness and belonging still have a place in our time.