Yvon Breton

For Yvon Breton painting is a poetry of forms, sounds, colors and movements drawn from nature. His charming colorful landscapes are animated by a luminous life, captivating viewers through his happy choice of tones and contrasts. Yvon Breton was born in 1942 in the Eastern Townships in Quebec and studied at Montreals School of Fine Arts. In 1967 he... won the Price Fine Arts Award at the National Exhibition. In 1988, he became the first Quebecois to receive the prize René DAnjou, a prestigious French honor bestowed upon only the most accomplished artists. Breton claims to be pacifist, industrious, sensitive and lonely. He always paints alone, but alone with nature, the creative breath that animates his paintings. Yvon Breton was Born in Johnville, Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec in 1942. He demonstrated artistic ability from an early age, enrolled at Montreals cole des Beaux-Arts in 1962. After winning numerous awards and feeling the early success that comes tio great artists Yvon Breton decided to fully devote himself to being an artist. Like many artists Yvon Breton has experimented with watercolor, ink, charcoal and pastel, however, his medium of choice is oil. He applies his paint to the canvas with a palette knife to create depth and unique textures. His exceptional palette strokes and his ability to fuse asymmetrical movements into a concise painting is one of his most recognizable traits. Pictorial luminosity plays a central role in Yvon Bretons work. Owing to the superposition of the colors, Yvon Breton creates paintings that come alive, that seem to breathe with radiant hues and delicate tonal contrasts. For him, there is no light without shade nor day without night and the artist must learn to see through his five senses, if not the sixth, the intimate life of nature, Amateurs and collectors alike appreciate Yvon bretons passion for nature which is evident in all his work. His paintings allow the viewer to step into the Canadian Wilderness and experience it without having to actually be there.Read More