Réjean Roy
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FIRST SNOW UPLAND
FRESH AUTUMN DAY (KEJIMKUJIK)
KUJIK)PETIT-ROCHER ET LA GLACE DE LA BAIE, 2009
MORNING LIGHT IN PESKAWA LAKE, 2011
SUNRISE ISLAND, 2010
DEVIL'S ELBOW, NEPISIGUIT RIVER, 2009
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NUAGE DU LAC PORTAGE, 2009
CAMPEMENT DU LAC MAGIQUE (MONTS GROULX), 2011 You can learn more about Réjean's 5 day hiking trip to monts Groulx, Québec earlier this year and his other painting adventures by following his blog,
STORM COMING, 2011
P'TIT BONHOMME DU LAC NIGADOO, 2011
RAINBOW FALLS, 2011
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PRES DES CHUTES PABINEAUX, 2011
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NUAGES AU LAC ANTINOURI, 2011 |
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ENDING WINTER, 2011
Nikki Thériault has a few questions for Réjean before his reception...
PABINEAU FALLS IN THE SUMMER, 2010
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Simple observation is a noble celebration of nature. Before interpretation and investigation, an artist’s pure reflection of the world can say the most. Réjean Roy uses strong, direct colours and brushwork to allow us just such an untrammelled vision of nature. He casts his paint like his explorer’s eyes from the nooks and crannies to the unfolded expanses. From the intimate moments of a rocky stream hidden by undergrowth to a jury of mountains surveying a broad valley, Réjean paints direct observation. Réjean channels paint like the seasons channel colours; his paint channels nature like rocks and logs channel gushing water and nature is simply celebrated through-out. Leopold Kowolik, 2010 |
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GRANDEUR NATURE, 2010
I always strive to achieve through gesture and color that visual intimacy with the natural surrounding. On a particular outing, the immediate awareness of season, climate, light and natural patterns are all drawn upon in a hope to translate this into an artistic experience on canvas. Memory of these things is the main reservoir I drink from when I'm back in my studio. It seems to be a never ending exercise that started a long time ago. As a teen, I used to go out in the woods and come back home and recreate on paper what I saw out there. The time spent canoeing, camping and hiking has been very important for my sanity and sense of purpose throughout the years. What I do now, as a professional artist is kind of a testimony or even a celebration of this relationship I have maintained with the wilderness. Réjean Roy, 2010
CLEANING LEAVES, 2010
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Born in 1971, Réjean Roy is an Acadian from northern New Brunswick. While studying biology in Québec, Réjean also took courses in fine arts, encouraged by his teachers and his love for drawing. His passion for the flora and fauna of his studies became subjects for illustrations which have been used for scientific texts and environmental and natural resources publications. His artistic studies grew to include work in watercolour, charcoal, etching and sculpture in ceramic and concrete. He credits sculptor Roger Langevin at the Université du Québec à Rimouski and printmaker Jacques Arseneault of the Université de Moncton as his most influential teachers. Since 1996, Réjean has exhibited his work in Rimouski, Gaspé, Bouctouche, Moncton, Fredericton and Toronto. He continues to enjoy illustrating, having partnered with Bouton d'or Acadie Press on seven children's books since 2005. Réjean's paintings are part of corporate and private collections across Canada, the USA and overseas.
LE HUTTE DU CASTOR, 2008
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