On the rocks

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Three rivers have marked my life.  I was born by the river Thames, later I adopted the Saint Lawrence, and now I am settled near the Riviérè Rouge.  I have spent much time looking over and into water - responding to the challenges of constant movement; changing atmospheres; and a simultaneous experience of surface and depth.  In 1981 I initiated Ateliers Beauxarts, a summer painting school for adults on the Domaine Forget music school in St-Irénée(the Charlevoix region of Quebec).  From there I periodically travelled up the north shore of the St-Lawrence to the end of the road. I have grown to love that isolated and remote region of Québec.  Last summer after spending time in Natashquan,  I brought small format rock and sea studies to my studio.  These studies were not to be copied, but rather to keep my memories of the sea vital during the winter.