“Positive Currents” exhibition: Armelle GH opens the 2026 artistic season at Domaine de Rocheville

“Positive Currents” exhibition: Armelle GH’s art in the Loire Valley

From 2 April to 9 May 2026, come and discover our new art exhibition in the Loire Valley, at the heart of the Saumur-Champigny vineyard in Parnay, and immerse yourself in the luminous world of Armelle GH.

Every spring, as wildflowers brighten the vine rows, Domaine de Rocheville loves to open its artistic season with an artist whose work bursts with colour. This year, it is Armelle GH (Armelle Gorry-Hemery), painter and visual artist, who presents her exhibition fittingly titled Positive Currents — an exhibition guaranteed to make you smile!

Art at Domaine de Rocheville: a long-standing story

Perched on the hillside of Parnay, with an exceptional panoramic view over the Loire Valley, our organic wine estate has always cultivated a singular vision of wine tourism.

Here, a visit is not limited to descending into the cellars or wandering through the vines to admire our emblematic grape varieties — Cabernet Franc for our reds and Chenin Blanc for our whites. It is also an invitation to a complete cultural and sensory experience.

Throughout the year, Domaine de Rocheville lends its walls to artists from diverse backgrounds — realist or abstract painting, photography, drawing — whose works enrich the gaze of every visitor.

This is the whole philosophy of Rocheville: to offer you a dual visual and gustatory experience, an invitation to engage all your senses at once. Whatever the art, as long as the eyes are intoxicated… as much as the palate.

Positive Currents: an exhibition by Armelle GH

Who is Armelle GH?

Armelle GH, whose full name is Armelle Gorry-Hemery, is a painter and visual artist originally from the Thouarsais area, who now lives near Angers.

A journey between mastery and freedom

Since childhood, her artistic path has been built around two guiding threads: drawing and nature.

Her talent emerged very early, particularly through her ability to realistically depict complex subjects such as a motocross bike or a thistle.

She naturally gravitated towards the École des Arts Appliqués in Poitiers, where she specialised in advertising and communication. Those years of training gave her a solid technical foundation. She went on to work as a graphic designer, then as a creative director in an agency. It is only recently that Armelle GH has devoted herself entirely to her art.

Her career reflects a genuine quest for artistic emancipation: while her eye and rigour were forged in the world of visual communication, her current work is rooted in a search for letting go, where spontaneity takes precedence over control.

Having grown up in the countryside, she has maintained since childhood a deep connection with the living world — trees, water, animals, landscapes — which continues to nourish her inspiration today.

Her style, immediately recognisable, oscillates between figuration and abstraction. She particularly enjoys hearing viewers share their own interpretations, sometimes revealing forms she herself had not noticed.

A well-known figure on the Saumur artistic scene — she exhibits regularly at the Dôme de Saumur, the Chapelle Saint-Jean, the Ackerman cellars, and the Château de Parnay — Armelle GH also shines beyond the region, with works held in private collections in France and abroad, as well as in galleries with an international reach.

Dripping: a technique in service of emotion

Her current style is the result of a journey in which she has progressively freed herself from academic norms to make the dripping technique her own.

Dripping involves letting paint flow across the canvas without direct contact, guided by intention rather than a precise line. This technique brings forth organic and random forms, as if the material follows its own logic.

In a second stage, the artist works on the dry canvas through colour — pastel or vivid, always guided by feeling, with no pre-established palette. This intuitive colouring reveals and structures the image, tipping abstraction towards recognisable, inhabited forms.

This creative process favours spontaneity and imagination, allowing emotion to take form directly on the canvas, free from the constraints of rigid drawing.

Her work reflects her hypersensitivity and her abundant imagination, which she transforms into a genuine creative force. For her, emotion is put “at the service of creation”, giving rise to free, organic visual forms.

A body of work inhabited by the living world

Armelle GH’s universe is deeply rooted in nature and the living world. Animals, water, wide open spaces: these elements run through her work like a thread.

Her hypersensitivity, far from being a limitation, becomes a precious resource. She channels it through an artistic practice grounded in letting go and intuition, transforming her way of seeing the world into vibrant pictorial matter.

Positive Currents exhibition: talent, colour and joy in XXL

For this exhibition, Armelle GH has hung no fewer than 25 large-format canvases at Domaine de Rocheville, transporting visitors into a tender, vibrant universe.

From the very entrance of the exhibition space, the diver in the painting Introspection sets the tone with its vivid colours, while Paprika, the French bulldog, draws the eye with its blue eyes and multicoloured ears.

The exhibition takes you from a multicoloured cabbage to a yogi bear, through a tenderly entwined young couple, a venerable tree, and even a storm in a teacup.

A breath of whimsy blows through Domaine de Rocheville, making way for joy, emotion, and that intense feeling of being alive, carried along by positive currents.

Acquiring a work by Armelle GH

The works presented as part of the Positive Currents exhibition are available for sale. This is a unique opportunity to take home an original creation by Armelle GH and to carry the emotion felt during your visit into your everyday life.

Each canvas is a singular, unique piece that holds its own sensibility and a strong connection with the living world.

Our team is on hand to provide information about available works, their formats and prices. Whether you are a collector or an art enthusiast, this is an opportunity to acquire an authentic piece directly from the exhibition venue.

Art and wine: two worlds in resonance

After visiting the exhibition, we invite you to extend the experience in our panoramic tasting room.

Crafted from our two emblematic grape varieties — Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc — on a tuffeau terroir characteristic of the Saumur region, our wines have been certified organic since 2019 and express the full richness of our appellation.

Our full wine range is available for tasting: Saumur Blanc, Saumur Rosé, Saumur-Champigny, Crémant de Loire, and natural sparkling rosé. Wines which, like Armelle GH’s works, find their finest expression in shared emotion.

A complete sensory interlude, between the shimmer of the eyes and the pleasure of the palate, at the heart of the Loire Valley.

Practical information — Positive Currents exhibition

Dates: 2 April – 9 May 2026
Where? Domaine de Rocheville — Coteau de Parnay, 49730 Parnay
Opening hours: Monday–Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm | Sunday: 2 pm – 6 pm
Free admission — exhibition accessible during any visit to the estate
Discover the artist’s universe: armellegh.fr