Our artists

"Life inspires my art and Art inspires my life..." – Gabrielle Dumont

“I paint the impulse in fragments. I let the subject envelop me in order to grasp the salient points. My work is also one of translation and architecture. I infuse my truth into the painting through a mosaic of lights and shadows. The biases, which are usually limiting, are for me a springboard. I am a Pixelist!” – Hélène Lafontaine.

For Humberto Pinochet, travel is a continuous source of inspiration. Thematically diverse, his works are windows onto a world that the artist invites us to discover. Urban scenes, landscapes and seascapes are some of his favourite themes.

Since 1986, Jean-Pierre has felt the need to create an entirely new world. He embarks on an exciting quest, tirelessly sketching to invent a phantasmagorical world, straight from his imagination... This dreamlike world has inhabited him for over 37 years and is called the AVA Universe.

"The moment of grace. That moment when you just let yourself float away on your back or when the simple fact of being alive makes you want to shed tears of joy. The precise moment when you fall to your knees and nothing else matters. During the transformation, these little moments of magic become increasingly present and take us by surprise. We become aware that, every morning, the sun gives us a gift. The moment of grace is, falling in love with yourself, but it’s also the unique vibration when two souls meet." – Jessie Bélisle

"What the heck to do with this suddenly unhappy kid? My grandmother knew right away. I was bored. She suggested my mother get me a little table and chairs, some paper and pencils and leave me to it." – Justina Smith