Letters of remembrance Print

Eric Guenette (Lagos, Portugal / Albuquerque, NM-USA / West Palm Beach, FL-USA) is an abstract mixed media painter working in latex, acrylic, spray paint, oil markers, pencil, ink, wine, dirt, spices, fauna and other media on canvas. He also paints primarily with scraps of cut wood and rarely uses brushes. The organic nature of the work is carried through from the structural frames that he constructs from scratch to the drop cloth fabric and other found fabric materials for canvasing. Most of the works are framed with clean and simple white painted pine. Hanging hardware is added and all artwork is sold ready to hang. “I feel a strong connection to my grandfather, Marcel, who was a custom golf shoe maker at Footjoy for most of his life in Brockton, Massachusetts. He was a man that could build anything with his hands. I draw upon his spirit as I am working on pieces in my studio garage in the heat and dust. Painting with wood scraps of wood and house paint takes me back to his old wood shop and creates a fully organic process from frame to canvas to paint application. The angled cuts on the scrapers allow for a repetitious motion to scrape and re-apply paint quickly in the same movement, depending on the angle of the stroke. I hope to carry his determined spirit on in my work.” –Eric Guenette Eric Guenette was born in Winter Park, Florida (1967) and grew up in Palm Beach County, Florida area until he moved to Albuquerque in 2009. He is currently in Lagos, Portugal as of 2024. Guenette has also worked as a professional graphic designer for the last twenty five years.