Norman Fournier

I am primarily interested in the figure, and work in sculpture, painting, and drawing.

My practice is contemporary, but my techniques follow old traditions; for example, only walnut oil is used to extend oil paint, no turpentine or solvents are used. The antiquity of the charcoal-on-paper tradition speaks for itself. My sculptural work often follows the academic tradition of gestural modelling in clay and working from there.

Compositions sometimes start from a fully-worked out cartoon, other times, the composition is worked out on the canvas, paper, or stone.

In figurative painting and drawing I consider the expressive qualities of gesture, colour, penitmento, and material.

In portraiture I try to express a particular characteristic of the model. I enjoy the interactions I have with the model as we work on their portrait.