Profile

Verdun, Québec, Canada 1949

Zodiac Sign

Taurus (like in nice guy)

Residence

Saint-Léonard, Québec, Canada

Social Status

Happy camper

The Studio is where my dreams transform themselves into open avenues that take me beyond what I lay down on the canvas.

A Canvas is a way of seeing through what is obvious so that I can find myself and discover others.

An Exhibition is making a door fly open on its hinges so that I can get closer to you.

Being an Artist is finding my "joie de vivre" in sharing with you what lies beyond myself.

Training

During more than 6 years he studied oil painting with Jeanine McCrea, professional painter.

Several trips and stays abroad triggered his creativity and made him discover new colors, shadows and light. He rubbed shoulders with several artists and craftsmen in Ireland where he lived for more than a year, Paris, Provence in the South of France, Seattle, Virginia and Quebec, his homeland.

The result is a unique palette of colors rich with emotions and life's experiences while respecting the beauty of what the eye and heart can behold.

His mother surprised him one day by giving him a painting his father had created in 1937. He then understood where his passion came from.

The Outpost
Aimé Guilbault, 1937.

Career

His public career started off with a big bang at his first public exhibition during the Fall Salon of the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec in October 2001. He won an award in the "figurative reality" category.

He has since made several solo exhibitions and participated in many group events throughout Quebec.

Exhibitions and Events

St-Moritz Residence, Saint-Laurent (November)

Salon Multi-Arts, Boisbriand (November)

Cadeaux en Arts, Montréal (November)

Festival de peinture des Bois-Francs, Victoriaville (November)

19^th edition of the Festival de peinture de Mascouche (October; qualified as semi-professionnal)

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Symposium (August)

Les mains de nos artistes 16^th Edition, St-Gabriel-de-Brandon (April)

Caisse populaire Saint-Joseph-de-Bordeaux, Montreal (February-March; solo)

17^th edition of the Festival de peinture de Mascouche (October; qualified as semi-profesional)

Arts-tifice 3^re edition, Brownsburg-Chatham (September; qualified as semi-professional).

15th edition of the Festival de peinture de Mascouche (October)

20th Fall Salon of the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec, Montreal, (October-November)

25th anniversary of the Traversée du lac Memphrémagog, Magog (July)

Summer Salon Les mains de nos artistes, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (June)

DMR Consulting - Fujitsu, 30th Anniverary Event, Quebec City (June)

Art et Passion, Symposium, Ste-Julie (June)

Galerie Entre Cadre, Montreal (December-February; solo)

On the Footsteps of Napoleon; galery Château Napoléon, Laval (December; solo)

19th Fall Salon of the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec, Montreal, (November)

Fall Colors of Brandon, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (October)

Summer Salon Les mains de nos artistes, Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (June)

Galerie Entre Cadre, Montreal (April-May; solo)

Maison Abricot, Rosemere (December-February; solo)

Greater Montreal Chamber of Commerce (December-February)

18th Fall Salon of the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec, Montreal, (October)

Awards and Prizes

• 2008 : Special Mention Prize from the jury at the Peinture en éveil art show, organized by the Le Gardeur Arts Council..

  

   

• 2004 : Passion Award at the Summer Salon of Les mains de nos artistes in St-Gabriel-de-Brandon. This award is given by the participating artists to the artist whose work has moved them the most. This is the first time this award has been handed out.

• 2002: Excellence Award in the "figurative reality" category awarded at the 19th Internaltional Gala of Visual Arts (Gala international des arts visuels) organized by the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec.

• 2001: Gold Medal in the "figurative reality" category awarded at the 18th Internaltional Gala of Visual Arts (Gala international des arts visuels) organized by the Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec.

Publications

• Guide de Roussan 2004-2005 (Quebec's Art Market, Painters and Sculptors), Les Éditions de la Roche, Montreal, Canada.
• Guide de Roussan 2003-2004 (Quebec's Art Market, Painters and Sculptors), Les Éditions de la Roche, Montreal, Canada.
• Guide de Roussan 2002-2003 (Quebec's Art Market, Painters and Sculptors), Les Éditions de la Roche, Montreal, Canada.

Affiliations

• Ress-Art, visual arts artists' community, Montreal (2005-2008).

• Cercle des artistes peintres et sculpteurs du Québec (2001-2004).

• Rose-Art since (2004).

• Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec (2002-2003).

Collections

His artwork may be found on several private collectors' walls in the Province of Quebec, Ontario the United States and Switzerland.

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