GERALD GALLANT
BIOGRAPHY
Gérald Gallant is a native of Quebec, Canada. Self-taught artist, his perseverance and his constant work in the studio has helped him develop his style. He continually refines his technique by taking different classes of Quebec masters. The artist's works are part of a contemporary artistic approach and he has been able to impose a particular style with the theme of urbanism of our great cities.
He draws his inspiration from architectural elements and current or historical monuments that are in the foreground, thus offering a more personalized vision and reinventing the city. The medium advocated by the artist is acrylic. On abstract backgrounds obtained by successive layers of transparent colors, he integrates forms proposed by perspectives of real or imaginary planes or vanishing points, which then complete his first opaque planes. The highly colored environment organizes and completes the work.
However, this perspective of the object, although it serves to the understanding of the work, is not its main concern. Gallant's work is more focused on an ambience-based proposition because the dynamic atmosphere and energy of urban environments influence his subjects in which reality and imagination overlap to create the universe of Gallant.
His pictorial works are needed as a documentation of the atmosphere and energy that urban environments are creating – more than what is reality. Parallel with the structural development of his work, the artist arranges shapes and objects in highly colored environments that organize and refine his work. Gerald was influenced by Jackson Pollock for his spontaneity through the dripping and automatism of his technique, Banksy for his street art, his message and his particular subjects and Calder for his moving sculptural forms.
His 2018/2019 collection comes from the new pictorial research of artist Gallant. Although still working on canvas, he has added works on metal - Aluminum being the basis of his new works. With the transparency of acrylic glaze overlays, he creates contemporary urban atmosphere. The addition of ultra gloss varnish enhances the metal effect and supports the brightness of the work. Last season we saw Old World Architecture meet modern urban skyscrapers. This season, we see the addition of people and material objects such as transportation (boats, taxis, buses).
Aside from the painting, which remains his greatest passion, Gérald excels in culinary art which, he says, joins his artistic and epicurean side. The arrangement of flavors, colors and the presentation of food often become works of art pleasant to view and then to savor. For all these reasons, he puts a lot of care into the composition of his dishes which brings great delight to his friends. His first profession however, was hairstyle. Again, color, form and aesthetics were parallel to his painting for 35 successful years. An unconditional animal lover, he adopted “Charlotte” a rescue dog in Puerto Vallarta - saving a puppy from a tragic end
He draws his inspiration from architectural elements and current or historical monuments that are in the foreground, thus offering a more personalized vision and reinventing the city. The medium advocated by the artist is acrylic. On abstract backgrounds obtained by successive layers of transparent colors, he integrates forms proposed by perspectives of real or imaginary planes or vanishing points, which then complete his first opaque planes. The highly colored environment organizes and completes the work.
However, this perspective of the object, although it serves to the understanding of the work, is not its main concern. Gallant's work is more focused on an ambience-based proposition because the dynamic atmosphere and energy of urban environments influence his subjects in which reality and imagination overlap to create the universe of Gallant.
His pictorial works are needed as a documentation of the atmosphere and energy that urban environments are creating – more than what is reality. Parallel with the structural development of his work, the artist arranges shapes and objects in highly colored environments that organize and refine his work. Gerald was influenced by Jackson Pollock for his spontaneity through the dripping and automatism of his technique, Banksy for his street art, his message and his particular subjects and Calder for his moving sculptural forms.
His 2018/2019 collection comes from the new pictorial research of artist Gallant. Although still working on canvas, he has added works on metal - Aluminum being the basis of his new works. With the transparency of acrylic glaze overlays, he creates contemporary urban atmosphere. The addition of ultra gloss varnish enhances the metal effect and supports the brightness of the work. Last season we saw Old World Architecture meet modern urban skyscrapers. This season, we see the addition of people and material objects such as transportation (boats, taxis, buses).
Aside from the painting, which remains his greatest passion, Gérald excels in culinary art which, he says, joins his artistic and epicurean side. The arrangement of flavors, colors and the presentation of food often become works of art pleasant to view and then to savor. For all these reasons, he puts a lot of care into the composition of his dishes which brings great delight to his friends. His first profession however, was hairstyle. Again, color, form and aesthetics were parallel to his painting for 35 successful years. An unconditional animal lover, he adopted “Charlotte” a rescue dog in Puerto Vallarta - saving a puppy from a tragic end
