Quand le coeur s'emballe
330x30" acrylic on canvas
$2500.00
Le Jupon Rouge / The Red Slip
30x60" acrylic on canvas
Born in Chicoutimi in 1951, Paule Lagacé comes from a family where painting has always been highly considered. Because her father showed a keen interest for the works of Quebec artists, she had ample opportunities since her early childhood to mingle with numerous painters. She was encouraged to express her creativity without constraint, which may explain the personal character of her art. Paule Lagacé is one of this new generation of painters who go off the beaten track to innovate. Paule does not paint for a living, she lives for painting, which makes all the difference in the works of an artist.
Painting is for me the quest for today’s world. The expressions of my characters are important, what they communicate, their personality, their actuality. They live today and move forward with me through life. At 20 years old, my characters were very soft and sentimental; since then, they went through and are still going through all sorts of stages. They came to Montreal at the same time as I did in 1979. Children in 1981, sensuality, joy, passion, misfortune, sadness, travels… In fact, painting is the continuation of life, the quest for… What’s important is to go forward and to always search further.
EDUCATION
1973-1972: Studies in design 20 at the Université du Québec à Montréal
1972-1970: Studies in Visual Arts at the Chicoutimi Cegep
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005: Galerie Art de l’Époque, Gatineau, Québec
2003: Westmount Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1998,1995,1993: Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa
1997,1993,1990: Galerie Clarence Gagnon, Montreal
1996: Galerie Libre comme l’art, Quebec
1991,1989: Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa
1988,1986,1985: Galerie Clarence Gagnon, Montreal
1987: Galerie N. 29, Geneva, Switzerland
1985: Galerie Quatre Saisons, Quebec
Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa
1984: Galerie La Corniche, Chicoutimi
1984-1983: Galerie L’Équivoque, Ottawa
1982: Galerie Archambault, Lavaltrie
Galerie L’Autre Équivoque, Wakefield
1981: Galerie Clarence Gagnon
1980: Galerie Pierre Bernard, Hull
1979: Galerie Gilles Brown, Montreal
1977: Galerie l’art Canadien, Chicoutimi
1975: La Maison des Arts de Chicoutimi
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008: Bleu, blanc… neige, Galerie Ève Fontaine, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
2002: State of the Art Gallery, Toronto
Previously sold works