Eric Guenette

Eric Guenette paints abstract portraits in latex, acrylic and spray paint. He also creates most of his structural and decorative framing from scratch. Some of the substrates used are cotton painter drop cloths, fiberboard, cardboard, as well as old unwanted paintings. He applies years of graphic design principles into the organic and subtly sophisticated artworks.

The works feel modern and urban with dense layering and a loose juxtaposition of application techniques. He rarely paints with brushes, often using scraps of leftover framing wood or plastic scrapers created from household items like leftover butter or yogurt containers to apply the paint. The combination of sharp linear edges and random marks create a unique presentation.

Much of the latex paint is mis-tinted box store house paint that has been returned to the store and resold as unwanted inventory. Eric injects a bit of fate into his works with these premixed colors. The acrylic offers a wider blending palette and spray paint provides a modern context.

Growing up in a family with a malignant narcissist father, he struggled socially and as a young teen, found himself overjoyed by his discovery of art and music. He spent years drawing, designing, painting and playing ...

Eric Guenette was born in Winter Park, Florida (1967 - ) and lived in Haymarket, Virginia, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida until moving to Albuquerque in 2009. He currently resides in Lagos, Portugal as of 2024 with his wife of 22 years

2024
Abstrac.Ted - Feature Nov

2023
El Verde Inn (Rio Rancho) - Dec/Feb 2024
Albuquerque Sunport - Sept/Oct
Tramway Centre (Albuquerque) - Jan/Dec
Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour (2023)

2022
Albuquerque Sunport - Sept/Oct
Tramway Centre - Jul/Dec
Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour

2021
Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour

2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour