Artist Andre Desjardins Personal Appearance

Friday, June 22nd

7:00 - 10:00 PM

Private Collectors’ Party

Fine Wines & Hors d’oeuvres

Unveiling of Originals & Sculpture

Artist Meet & Greet
R.S.V.P. Required

Saturday, June 23rd

1:00 - 6:00 PM

Public Opening

Sketching/Sculpting Demonstration

Fine Wines, Cheeses & Fresh Fruits

Conversations with the Artists

Bring Your Friends

R.S.V.P.

by Monday, June 18th

904-829-2120

Event venue:

Galeria Del Mar

9 King Street

Saint Augustine, FL

www.cutterandcutter.com

gdm@cutterandcutter.com

“With my brush, for a brief moment

of a painting, I celebrate the right to live,

to love, to speak, to make love...”

The essence of life emerges with each stroke of André Desjardins’ brush, every

texture and nuance, transforming the blank canvas into a declaration about

the mysteries of life, love and universality. His contemplations are realized

as hidden visages break free from the chaos of existence, giving a serene and

tranquil feeling as muted and subtle colors coax one into a dreamlike state of

visual experience of the mysteries that Desjardins has revealed.

Born in the small Canadian town of Hauterive, Quebec, Canada, on the north

shore of the Saint Lawrence River on March 2, 1964, Desjardins earned his

bachelor’s degree in art from the University of Quebec in Montreal. André’s

passion for life and the stories communicated in the faces of humanity

developed early and have continued to evolve. Today he devotes his time,

energy, and passion to translating emotion and the human experience into

works of timeless beauty and humanity as the founder of “Visual Emotionism”;

a style (simultaneously expressionist and humanist) that fuses the figurative

with the abstract and articulates the individual stories of humanity.

The sculpture and paintings of Desjardins reach out for the soul as they await

the emotional response of the viewer for conclusion. Like the conductor

of a great symphony, Desjardins uses his hands to add both emphasis and

nuance to his works, for each is a representation of humanity energized by

the emotions of the artist himself. The chaotic symmetry and fragility of the

human experience is expressed in the background of each painting through a

closely guarded proprietary technique.

As the experience of Desjardins’ artworks continue to progress, the melding

of the old and the new, the Da Vinci with the Jackson Pollock, becomes more

and more apparent. Desjardins’ choice to birth a new creation directly on the

canvas serves to deepen the emotions infused in each work as they reveal

themselves with eloquence and passion.