Festival de Peinture à Mascouche 2015

This year being one of the administrators I only showed several works at the festival de peinture a Mascouche. Lots of work running around making sure everything is going smooth. I was in charge of the life drawing session on Saturday afternoon.

wonderful weather we had on the long weekend. Lots of sunshine but a little bit of the hot side.

Life drawing session saturday afternoon.

full house, all chairs were taken!

winners and prizes for the kids category.

Alexandre, our pianist for the weekend. She is the son of our secretary, Martine.

Master class given by Alain Massicotte on Sunday.

Pastels portraits by Alain Massicotte

Claude de Lorimier giving a demo outside on plein air painting.

Richard Belanger, our invited artist giving a demo on watercolor.

one of the artists working on a piece for the silent auction.

works for the silent auction. All benefits goes towards the festival.

my contribution to the silent auction

Jacques Sevigny in full determination. photo taken by Jean-Philippe Leroux

Some recent plein air

These were done recently. First 2 at the parc de Grand Couteau in Mascouche. Next 2 are from Vieux Beloeil.

Gloriette at the parc 6x8 oil

the bench oil 6x8

Maison Pierre-Tessier 6x8 oil

Marina vieux Beloeil 6x8 oil

Plein air in Tremblant

I was very lucky to be invited again this year to paint in tremblant along Quebec's talented artists. Michel normandeau was the mastermind of this awesome event. It was to celebrate 100 years of plein air painting where Maurice Cullen and edwin Holgate went to paint. 

This is the whole gang. (From top left) Helmut Langeder, Gabriel, Marie-Claude Courteau, Sue Querles, George Dedoyard, Michel Normandeau, Gordon Harris, Anne Letourneau, Juan Cristobal. (Bottom left) Angelo Galerio, Raynald Murphy, Kim C Pelletier and me. 

First afternoon was about -26c with wind blowing. Almost took out my tripod a couple of times so I decided to paint inside the car. 

8x16. Oil on paper mounted on board. 

Second day was spent at the river cachee. Transportation was done by snowmobile. Got to ride on a trailer towed by the snowmobile. Fun but hard on the behind. 

Last day Sunday, slept in a bit and did a last on a trail beside the lake in old Tremblant, view with the church. 

2nd plein air outing in Beloeil

Last weekend in Beloeil, I had a chance to go paint with fantastic artists like last year. We had great weather. Here are some pictures of my effort. 

Watercolor I did in the morning. My first since a long time. 

Spent a long time unwrapping the tiny wc blocks. Lol

Behind the church in vieux Beloeil. Tried a sight size technique. Close enough. Hehe

L'eglise vieux Beloeil 9x12 oil

Old houses. Vieux Beloeil

And I finally gave George Dedoyard's portrait to him. :)

Tremblant plein air

This is my very first ever winter plein air! I was invited by a good friend and mentor Michel Normandeau and ville de Mont Tremblant to go paint around Tremblant. There was about 18- 20 artists all together. It was a real experience! Paint was a lot stiffer in the cold. But we were lucky to get a bit more milder weather that weekend. It feels a lot colder when you are just standing there and painting. Here are some pictures...

Marie Claude Courteau

Gerald Trudel

Monique Gosselin

Yves Ayotte

Angelo Galerio

Yves La Roche

Angelo entertaining us with George Dedoyard

Raynald Murphy

Angelo and Michel Normandeau

Yves, George, Monique and Nicole Coulombe

Gabriel Lemelin and Joanne Levesque

These photos of me were taken by amazing photographer Gabriel Lafreniere.

Group photo of the gang.