Jacques Poirier - Bateaux en cale seche 20x24 her brushes spreading the oil

her brushes spreading the oil paints as if it was pure imagination

Stevenson Scholarship for Proficiency in Drawing & Painting in 1993

Canada’s former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien often gave paintings by Rebry to foreign dignitaries and even to Pope John Paul II in 1998

She is now part of what can be called the essential Canadian art world

The vivid tones and the variations of light give life and a theatrical spirit to his creations

Jacques Poirier - Bateaux en cale seche 20x24 her brushes spreading the oilJacques Poirier loves to paint the Laurentians the North Shore and the Charlevoix regions because of their character. What strikes everyone who views a Poirier painting for the first time is the extraordinary ruggedness of the landscape he has painted. Poirier does not use a lot of clashing colors or contrast in his paintings, he prefers subtleness with his colors, which lets the landscape itself be the star. I have always been fascinated by the