A Serein Moment

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DIMENSIONS: 40 in. x 30 in. x 1.5 in. – 102 cm. x 75 cm. x 4 cm.

MEDIUM USED: Liquefied oil paints and mixed techniques
SUPPORT: Gallery wood panel mounted on a high-grade wood chassis. Ready for hanging.
EDGES: All 4 edges are gallery sized (1.5 inches) and as part of the artwork the painting is continued around the edge
FRAMING: Optional for the purchaser. All 4 sides are painted as part of the subject matter
PREPARATION: Minimum of two layers of gesso paint primer is added to insure paint adhesiveness and durability
SURFACE FINISH: No varnish or other substances are added to the painting’s surface. The visible luminosity and other effects are created by the liquefied oil paint mixture and other techniques developed by the artist

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

“A Serein Moment” was the third of six similar paintings that is part of the “Moment” collection. Two or three times a year, I go off on a tangent for several weeks to paint something different or experiment with another art style applying my colorist techniques. It is my way of refreshing myself after painting landscapes for a few months.

In this series, it was my first attempt to paint the form of a person and not a landscape or some urban space. Since one of my colorist techniques is to minimize the details in a painting; I basically applied the same approach by making the hands, feets and faces very vague. After completing the first moment painting, I decided to do a series and to duplicate the colorist techniques that I used but to express, in these subsequent paintings, a different state of mind by using a different position and facile expression.

Most of my artwork is created in my studio located in Gatineau, Quebec. The landscape scenes of mountains, fields, rivers, and lakes that I totally love to recreate are from photographs that I have collected over the years and bursts of inspirations when I was doing walkabouts somewhere in the backwoods. It is to these landscapes and memories that I apply my colorist art style, my own brand of perspective and unique painting methods.

I am the type of artist who enjoys experimenting with new painting products and mixing various visual art mediums to create an effect to achieve something special in a painting. This has allowed me to discover incredibly unique techniques that now defines my artwork and my artist portfolio. I also experiment on a regular basis with different art styles such as abstract, rupestral and portraits where I apply the same distinctive techniques and brilliant colors to produce paintings that even, on occasion, surprise me personally.