Alain Bédard
Alain Bédard is a painter from Quebec. During his urban walks and his travels, he likes to observe people and their daily comings and goings. Inspired by her stays in Europe and by the streets and parks of Old Quebec, her canvases are filled with color and movement.
Alain Bédard - Urban chronicles
His date and place of birth
Alain Bédard was born in Quebec in 1958.
Alain Bédard was born in Quebec in 1958.
His education, his career
Always fascinated by drawing and illustration, he began his art studies at the Collège de Sainte-Foy in 1976. After studying graphic techniques there for 3 years, he went to New York to perfect his techniques. This journey, which allowed him to open up to the world and to discover key artists for him, including Dali and Picasso, would be significant for the young artist. Wishing to continue his training, in 1980 he began studying graphic communication at Laval University in Quebec, where he had the privilege of having the painter Claude A. Simard (1943) as illustration and graphic design teacher. -2014), who would later become a mentor and friend.
After his university studies, he will work in the world of advertising as a graphic designer, designer and illustrator, while pursuing his career as an artist-painter.
Since 1992, he has devoted himself mainly to painting and the promotion of art. Today, Alain Bédard divides his time between the Old Capital and Nice, and stands out for his colorful, bright and lively works.
His work, his art
Alain Bédard describes himself as "an artist forever driven by the need to express his emotions and discoveries in color". Therefore, figurative art has always been his way of life and communication.
During his urban walks and his travels, he likes to observe people and their daily comings and goings. Inspired by her stays in Europe and by the streets and parks of Old Quebec, her canvases are filled with color and movement. The architecture of the old quarters and the daily life of their inhabitants inspire him and are the basis of his creations. Everywhere, in the flowery layout of the terraces as well as in the winter light at the ice rink, colors intertwine and beauty appears.
Alain Bédard likes to solicit all his senses to reproduce in image what he sees, what he lives and what he feels. Painting is for him the unique opportunity to tell moments of life and to freeze them forever. His work exudes a welcoming energy and the buildings of his cityscapes seem to "come to life" on the canvas.
Alain Bédard has been represented by the Au P'tit Bonheur Art Gallery since September 2021.
Always fascinated by drawing and illustration, he began his art studies at the Collège de Sainte-Foy in 1976. After studying graphic techniques there for 3 years, he went to New York to perfect his techniques. This journey, which allowed him to open up to the world and to discover key artists for him, including Dali and Picasso, would be significant for the young artist. Wishing to continue his training, in 1980 he began studying graphic communication at Laval University in Quebec, where he had the privilege of having the painter Claude A. Simard (1943) as illustration and graphic design teacher. -2014), who would later become a mentor and friend.
After his university studies, he will work in the world of advertising as a graphic designer, designer and illustrator, while pursuing his career as an artist-painter.
Since 1992, he has devoted himself mainly to painting and the promotion of art. Today, Alain Bédard divides his time between the Old Capital and Nice, and stands out for his colorful, bright and lively works.
His work, his art
Alain Bédard describes himself as "an artist forever driven by the need to express his emotions and discoveries in color". Therefore, figurative art has always been his way of life and communication.
During his urban walks and his travels, he likes to observe people and their daily comings and goings. Inspired by her stays in Europe and by the streets and parks of Old Quebec, her canvases are filled with color and movement. The architecture of the old quarters and the daily life of their inhabitants inspire him and are the basis of his creations. Everywhere, in the flowery layout of the terraces as well as in the winter light at the ice rink, colors intertwine and beauty appears.
Alain Bédard likes to solicit all his senses to reproduce in image what he sees, what he lives and what he feels. Painting is for him the unique opportunity to tell moments of life and to freeze them forever. His work exudes a welcoming energy and the buildings of his cityscapes seem to "come to life" on the canvas.
Alain Bédard has been represented by the Au P'tit Bonheur Art Gallery since September 2021.
