Normand Philippe

About Normand Philippe

A self-taught Quebec figurative painter and landscape artist, Normand Philippe was introduced to drawing and painting by his father, who won a prize for drawing at the École des Beaux-Arts in Montreal. Creativity, the magic of artistic expression, has always fascinated and inspired the artist.

Normand has had the privilege of painting and learning from renowned watercolorist Jean-Paul Ladouceur, landscape painter Jean-Marc Blier and landscape painter Pierre Legault, the latter of whom has settled in the magnificent Charlevoix region to make a living from his art. I benefited from their sound advice during outdoor painting sessions and exhibition visits.



Time stops when I look at a landscape or a scene, and an emotion appears that needs to be expressed. Faced with a blank canvas, the composition takes shape using light, shadow, structure and color. I build it from a blend of the perceived and the felt, the real and the unreal, to create an impression, a feeling, an emotion.



My paintings bear witness to my vision of local landscapes and scenes. Their aim is to provoke a dialogue, to make the viewer experience the same emotion I felt at first sight. ''



Oil is the medium used to express with sobriety and sensitivity the beauty of the scenes of life around us.

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