Eric Guenette

Eric is an American painter currently living in Lagos, Portugal. As an abstract painter over the last 25 years, he has sold nearly 100 works all over the world in that time. The task of standing before a blank canvas might seem to be simple, but there are a thousand tiny decisions that have already been made beforehand and an even more complex ritual that unfolds after the first stroke is been applied. Abstract art is blatantly weightless and untethered. With every stroke, there are always new answers and new questions. To progress, one begins to construct a array of techniques, rules and judgements, but it's this challenge that draws him to the canvas.

One of his biggest artistic influences was his grandfather, Marcel Guenette, who was a golf shoe maker at Footjoy in Brockton, Massachusetts for thirty years:

"He could build anything with his hands. He would often be found in his small wood shop in the back yard in Winter Park, Florida. As a child, I would be transfixed as my grandfather constructed all sort of projects from scratch with whatever materials he had laying around. I am inspired to this day by his spirit and ingenuity. I feel that it is important for me to be involved in every aspect of the artwork, from the construc...

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 2025 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
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