Citizenship : Canadian
Lives and works in Montréal, QC, Canada.
EDUCATION
Art : Self-taught with the exception of 2 workshops in 1982 and 1983 under the
direction of Albert Handell in Woodstock, New York.
Other : Engineering degree, École Polytechnique de l’université de Montréal, 1969.
Diploma in Management, McGill University, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1983 : Left the Engineering profession to become a painter.
1984 à 1994 : Participated in several group and individual exhibitions, among them:
-Four participation in the annual group exhibition of the "Pastel Society of America" held at
the "National Art Club" in New York. During these four years, because I won three prizes
with portraits, the PSA awarded me the title of “Master Pastellist.”
-Three solo exhibitions at the Dominion Gallery in Montréal.
From 1994 : Engaged in research aimed at attaining a power of expression from the union
between abstraction and figuration.
The research is founded on the opposing views of two key figures from
twentieth-century art history. The first, D. H. Kanhweiler, the defender of
Picasso, rejected abstraction as a means of artistic expression. His opponent,
W. Worringer, claimed that abstraction is the sine qua non condition to the development of a grand style,
the last manifestation of which would have been the Gothic style.
As a result of this research, an essay was completed.
The essay’s synopsis can be reached by clicking here.