About Me
bio
Who I am
Let me introduce my person. I'm Alexandre Perreault. I was born and grew up on the South Shore of Montreal, Quebec. I am a thinker who enjoys trying to understand the inner workings of all things, be it machines, mathematics and chemistry, natural phenomenon etcetera.
My main practical and theoretical studies of art, its techniques and history, have been obtained from self-taught study at home, primarily as a hobby and to express my emotional state using the medium of paint. I have no artistic education beyond high school and a few advanced courses in adult education classes for a few extra credits during my attempt in obtaining my high school diploma. I have chosen Information Technology as my main career path for various reasons, but art has always been a big part of my life, even if outside of my professional sphere, and done in great part without professing that I am an artist.
Despite my limited institutional education on the fine arts, I have always been passionate, even obsessed, by art in all its forms. I knew that using art, in my case, oil painting, to make sense of my emotional journey, was a cornerstone in my processing of life and a medium of understanding my existence and the beauty & mystery of nature.
By late twenties, I believe I had only scratched the surface of the potential journey ahead, at least to my knowledge, having made perhaps only vague and elusive artistic studies with my brushes, a handful of oils and a couple canvases, resulting in a dozen works which I gifted, sold, kept, or destroyed. My "études" have spread different genres, from impressionism, expressionism to abstract. Upon reflections, throughout my practice of painting, I decided to continue. I have never felt pressured to perform art under a deadline, nor have I ever been overly critical of my works, because all of them have been made for fun, primarily for myself and not as commissions for patrons or clients.
My inspiration was not an element that has ever been sustained by anything other than my reflections, thoughts and observation of what I have witnessed. Rather, it came when I often least expected it - resulting in an unstable, yet fulfilling walk throughout the seasons which has always moved organically rather than under any type of timeline or structure - which more often than not, I ended up harnessing with utmost joy, because I felt great fulfillment exploring the work as it unfolded at my finger's reach when my emotional state was being explored and processed right before my eyes.
After a hiatus of several years, at the crossroads of both mental health awareness and seeking further into my potential and purpose, I decided to return to my artistic cradle and explore further, first and foremost as a form of therapy for my innermost emotions and the need to understand the world around me, along with coping and diving deeper into discovering the nuances and beauties of existence and reality.
What I Do
My Creed
I wish that my works inspire and touch some innermost component inside the viewer's being, that I may transmit, if only in part, my emotional journey, and that my story may lead some to seek for a deeper understanding of their own existence and purpose.
I have sampled firsthand how artistic works can help process, heal and understand elements in a person's existence that often will (or would) never be addressed or recognized in any other way than through creating (and, by extension, viewing) a work of art - which I am grateful to have experienced and taken part of.
I don't believe we are here for no reason. Even if our passing here is temporary and ephemeral, for a few seasons, may it be with intention and purpose, and for my part, I will keep carrying a burning desire to communicate emotions through my art, for as long as I can, because I cannot do otherwise than remain humbled before the absolute raw and primal feeling that art imbues upon human beings, inspiring us further in exploring our emotions, nature and existence.