February Feature Artist Chardon Labrie

Bio

I STARTED MY ART EDUCATION AT LANGARA AND THEN MOVED ON TO EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY WHERE I STUDIED ANIMATION. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP TO WORK AT THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD IN MONTREAL AND DID NOT RETURN TO ART SCHOOL TILL MUCH LATER. NOW AS A VERY MATURE STUDENT, I GO BACK TO EMILY CARR AND CHIP AWAY AT MY DEGREE. I AM ALWAYS THE OLDEST STUDENT IN THE CLASS AND I LOVE IT. MOST RECENTLY I STUDIED DRAWING AND PRINTMAKING FOR ONE TERM EACH. I GOT BITTEN BY THE PRINTMAKING BUG AND LEARNED INTAGLIO. THAT LED ME TO MALASPINA WHERE I TOOK A COURSE IN LITHO AND ANOTHER COURSE IN LINO PRINTMAKING.

AFTER 39 YEARS OF EDITING THE NEWS FOR CKVU AND CTV, I DECIDED TO TAKE RETIREMENT AND RETURN TO MY FIRST LOVE, ART. I NOW HAVE THE TIME AND ENERGY TO FOCUS ON BEING AN ART STUDENT AGAIN. I LOVE THE SMELL OF PRINTING INK IN THE MORNING, IT SMELLS LIKE….CREATIVITY.

THE WORKS BEING SHOWN AT ARTS OFF MAIN CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AND MIXED MEDIUM COLLAGES. THERE ARE COPYRIGHT FREE IMAGES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT I HAVE COLOURED WITH WATERCOLOUR, PENCIL, INK, PASTELS AND EVEN FELT PEN. NO COMPUTERS WERE USED IN THIS PROCESS. I ALTERED THE SCALE OF MANY OF THE IMAGES. IN SOME CASES I HAD IMAGES GICLEE'D ONTO CANVAS BUT ASKED FOR ALL THE COLOUR TO BE TAKEN OUT. I THEN WENT BACK IN AND PAINTED DIRECTLY ONTO THE CANVAS ADDING ADDITIONAL IMAGERY ON THE SIDES, TOP AND BOTTOM.

LIMITED EDITION PRINTS OF MOST OF MY WORKS AS WELL AS GREETING CARDS ARE AVAILABLE... 

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