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Born in Quebec City, he joined the Canadian Coast Guard aboard icebreakers where he discovered the effects of the midnight sun and infinite possibilities of the light on the Arctic icepack. After 4 years at sea, he landed in Charlevoix where he would settle at the end of the 80’s.<\/p>\n
His pastel portraits are quickly replaced by a liberated and shining representation of the Charlevoix landscape, the St. Lawrence River, the Saguenay fjord as well as Quebec CIty’s old town.<\/p>\n
Enamoured of his land, he owned several workshops and galleries in Baie-Saint-Paul, Les \u00c9boulements, Saint-Joseph-de-la-rive and Saint-Urbain-de-Charlevoix.<\/p>\n
For more than 40 years, the natural and spontaneous aspects of his works are a part of many well-known art collections such as the Canadian Royal Mint, the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Flora-Canada, P\u00e9tro-Canada, the Charlevoix Casino, the Scotia Bank, SAQ and the Gouverneur Hotal Chains.<\/p>\n
Maturity and luminosity are the hallmarks of his paintings; along with his daughter’s creations, the artists’ works can be found at Galerie GB, 29 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Street, where tourists abound and the art scene is legendary.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”23px”]\n Got to his works<\/span>\n <\/a>[vc_empty_space height=”23px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2729″ img_size=”800×800″ alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”23px”] At the turn of the new millenium, she had perfected her drawing style when her itinerary brought her to Baie St-Paul, a region revered for its pictural art traditions. She paints with acrylics, a medium she will use over and over again.<\/p>\n Now settled in the Charlevoix back country, between the Rivi\u00e8re du Gouffre and the Grands-Jardins Mountains, she has found the necessary peace to transpose on canvas her interpretation of nature with immediate effect.<\/p>\n After taking part in several exhibitions, in a group of artists or by herself, she\n <\/span>GENEVI\u00c8VE B\u00c9DARD<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_column_text]Born in Quebec City, in the Charlesbourg sector, Genevi\u00e8ve B\u00e9dard grew up watching her father make his living as an artist. The awakening of her creativity was spurred on by his inspiring presence.<\/p>\n
\nopened her own gallery in 2021 where she works as a galerist alongside her father. For Gilles B\u00e9dard, this marks a return to his roots since he owned several galleries and artist workshops in Charlevoix; it is also a new business challenge for Genevi\u00e8ve,<\/p>\n