Pleau, André

Medium : oil

Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in 1950.

Self-taught, André Pleau learned all he knows about painting and drawing on his own. It is with great energy that he handles the palette knife leaving thick traces of colour. When he begins to paint, the canvas is white, without even the slightest hint of a drawing or plan. All is in his head like an emotion. He works spontaneously and passionately. Once the painting is finished, it is with this same palette knife, and with great expansive movements, that he lines the painting from side to side. Leaving on its surface, the shadow of a newly emerging painting.

Media coverage :
Magazin’ Art, biennial guide of Canadian artists in galleries, 2002-2003 and earlier years; Magazin' Art, spring 2001 edition 1, article pg.70-72 (French version), pg.104-105 (English version); Le Nouvelliste, daily newspaper, Three Rivers, articles, 1995, 2000, 2001; Parcours, spring edition, article pg. 46 in both French and English; SRC, radio, FM cultural channel, 12-2000; CHEM, television, Three Rivers, 01-1997.

Collections :
Caisses populaires Desjardins; Consulate of the United States, Montreal; Andrew Group, England; Quebecor, Montreal; Royal Mint, Ottawa; Rexfor of Quebec; Société générale de financement; and many other private and public collections.

Prizes and honours :
2001 President of honour, art centre for handicapped persons La Fenêtre
1996 2nd prize, Three Rivers symposium