August September 2005

A couple of months now I’ve lost the perspective on the initial scope of this blog: presenting, chronologically, my works… The present and its works took over, for a while…

So, back at 2005. Months: August and September, when I made my first long trip in the province of Quebec, where I live since 1998. It was a fishing trip (literally fishing) but, for me, it was also, of course, “fishing” images, here and there.

I made the trip with Stephane and Clement in an old, battered, VW Jetta with over 230.000 km. My friend (and contryman) Stephan is a mechanic and, in his own lent tempo, is capable of repairing and old car like that just like Red green, with masking tape and wires… Clement is an artist, using his retirement days to draw and paint, landscapes and portraits.

We went at some lake (not even Stephane who knew the places knew the name…) somewhere about 1750 km away from Sherbrooke, between Baie St. Paul and Chibougamou, in Indian territory. it was hot and sunny the 3 days we were there, sleeping all together in a small trailer, and very cold the night (freezing, actually).

On the spot, I did not enjoy a lot the experience… But I took lots of pictures and made also 2-3 watercolors and, afterwards, in my small but warm and comfortable appartment, it seemed a nice, interesting adventure.

An adventure I will probably never repeat… Still, here it is: a portrait of my friend Stephane (who is as passionate a fisherman as I am an artist) and 2 of the landscapes I realised during or after my “tundra” adventure…