I love creating oil paintings from photographs that inspire me with their intrinsic beauty and take me into another world. All my paintings are made using 4 basic colours: blue, red, yellow and white. Sometimes I add a 5th colour depending on the piece.
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Montreal, QC
Canada
| I have always used art as a form of escape.
Although I've been educated in the biological sciences, creating art has been a part of who I am since as early as I can remember. I've always felt very comfortable and calm when holding a paintbrush in my hand or when sketching a drawing.
As a child I would spend hours sketching my favorite cartoon characters and soon this hobby developed into a passion for oil painting. I started making oil paintings in high school as an after school activity. Feeling the desire to learn more, I became a student of the extremely talented and kind artist Richard Morin at the Studio Couleur d'Art school in Montreal. For 5 years I followed his instruction, for which I am forever grateful, and was given the opportunity to participate in yearly art exhibitions.
I feel my best when I am painting colorful landscapes and flower/fruit still-life that inspire me with their natural beauty and take me into another world. Although I took an 8 year hiatus I have recently... |
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