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THE ARTIST'S
MIND
MA : Who were/are
your biggest influences as an artist?
RP : Rembrandt, Vermeer and Flemish painting in general.
MA : Who are your
favorite artists?
RP : All my
painter friends
MA : What are
your favorite subjects?
RP : I
idealise nature by combining its different elements
MA : What
fires up the muse that inspires you?
RP :
My woman is my muse; she is my energy, my family my equilibrium.
MA : Given a
choice anywhere in the world, where would you choose to live and
work?
RP :
Wherever art is accepted and people are open. It is what
we do, not where we do it. There are, however, in
Quebec, an amazing creative energy with great peopl to feed it.
It is amazing, it is your home, my home.
MA : What is
your ultimate goal as an artist?
RP : To
share beauty, values, beautiful noble thoughts without pressing.
Using my brushes tenderly, delicately but with strenght.
A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT YOU
MA : What is
your favorite music?
RP : I
appreciate all kinds of musical energy but know that the end of
it all is classical.
MA : What is
your favorite book?
RP :
I like books and have a great big collection
MA : What is
your favorite food?
RP : Coq au vin, since I was little.
MA : What
hangs on your walls at this time?
RP : Family
photos, some of my parents and of Denis and Bonnitta - for real!
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