Andree Roy

"Who can pretend knowing what goes on in someone else's mind?"
I will always be fascinated by the emotions people feel while admiring my paintings that changes considerably from one to another, depending on everyone’s experience and leaving place to an infinite range of emotions. Although I can do portraits on demand, I like to create characters larger then nature coming directly from my imagination by giving them a soul, a personality and sensitivity that will give you strong emotions since you will feel they are alive! However, a large part of my work is close to abstraction since the technique I use, with oil and spatulas, has no details.

Early on, Andrée Roy demonstrated an interest in drawing. As a young adult, she pursues her artistic interests by studying Visual Arts, Fashion and Interior Design. She builds a successful career as an Interior Designer. However her passion for drawing remains and she chooses oil painting to express herself in a contemporary figurative style, filled with realism. Since 2009, she won several awards through many national and international exhibitions and you can now find her works in many private and public collections as well as in many galleries in Canada and Europe. Although she can do portraits on demand, it is important to mention that Roy’s paintings are not based on photographs, but inspired by the artist’s memories.

PAST INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2014- International group expo, Saguenay, Qc
2011 - « Carrousel du Louvre », Paris, France, december 2011
2011 - « Between Europe and Americas », Montreal, october 2011
2009 - « Galerie du Beffroi », Bruges, Belgium, may 2009

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 - Rimawi Art Gallery
2012- Bistro L’Apparté, Old Terrebonne’s Theater
2011- « Maison de la culture », L’Avenir, Qc
2011 - Gallery M, Old Montreal, Qc
2010 - « Féeries », Arts Côte-à-côte, Montreal
2010 - « Vertiges », Boréart, Granby