Born in Gatineau, I studied visual and graphic arts at the Université du Québec (UQO) in the early 1980s. During that period, painting became an essential part of life for me. Subsequently, my years of work in the graphic arts also coincided with an intense period of artistic exploration.

Since the summer of 2000, I have been marching to the beat of my project, Créations Diversiformes (LCD): an artist’s studio, open throughout the year, that bridges the different aspects of my experience in graphic design, drawing, painting and horticulture. By offering painting and mixed media art workshops, I also participate in the training of developing artists.

Painting, the method that makes us a medium of our time, still fascinates me just as much. As such, in my eyes, the acrylic medium and the canvas have remained creative tools with inexhaustible potential. For the last few years, my paintings have been semi-figurative, giving way to patches of colour and rough sketches, while allowing space for strokes and lines.

Louis Couture
lrcouture@sympatico.ca
819 770-0392
www.artlc.ca