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Originally from North Western Quebec, Normand
Baril developed his artistic aptitudes at a very
young age and started to experiment with oils in
1968 working on landscapes, seascapes, still
life and life drawings. |
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In
1970, Normand moved to the Ottawa area, where he
continued to experiment with art subjects,
discovering the world of colours, refining his
skills and projecting his love of nature onto
canvas, affirming his interest in landscape. |
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Self
taught for most of this time, in 1977, he joined
the Ottawa School of Art for four semesters
where he discovered with fascination and
amazement a world of colour, and the importance
of working on location; he developed his
aptitudes with landscapes under the tutoring of
Mr. Bruce Heggtveit. |
He
is a professional artist who works in oil and
pastel mediums.
Normand perceives the ambiance of the
surrounding scenery, exploring the colours,
tones and values. In his paintings, he captures
the luminescence of light and the subtleties of
shadows and he reveals natural hues and tones
characterizing spectacular landscapes,
picturesque gardens and beautiful still life. |
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| The medium
called pastel, soft pastel and chalk pastel should not be
confused with chalk. Unlike chalk, which is made by impregnating
a limestone substance with coloured dyes, pastels are
constructed by mixing pure pigments with a gum binder and shaped
into workable sticks. |
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various papers, boards and surface preparations manufactured for
use with pastel. These surfaces are covered with an abrasive to
grip the pastel. A pastel painting is created when pastel
completely or partially covers the paintable surface (it is
referred to as a pastel sketch.) |
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History dates
pastel use back to the 16th century. In the 1800's, the artist
Degas who fashioned his own pastels and devised techniques to
layer pastel and fix it to the surface, renewed the interest in
the use of pastel by the artists of the time. |
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Today, a wide
variety of colours in rich pure hues are made by a number of
European and North American manufacturers. Soft pastel is even
more popular than in Degas' time and qualifies as a major art
medium like oil and watercolour. It adapts to various styles and
can be combined with other mediums. This versatility has exposed
pastels to a growing audience in the world of fine art. |
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