PAUL ROBITAILLE

A Toronto Artist who has been drawing and painting for most of his life. It has been his experience to explore a variety of mediums and techniques including custom auto refinishing and Airbrush murals. In the past five years he has returned to brushwork to satisfy a responsibility for a slightly more direct and classic approach. Paul's work is based on the inner need to express energy and power through form and colour. How energy affects matter and the visual evidence of this has become one of his favourite sources of inspiration. Displayed here are some examples of his past explorations in oils and the beginning of a series of paintings which are based almost entirely on imagination and spontaneity. To temper this extreme expression of colour, Paul has maintained the study of the human figure as a distinct creative direction and focal point for his charcoal drawings and paintings. Between these two widely spaced genres in Art, Paul has found a strong sense of balance and a never ending source of enthusiasm.