André Lanthier
The Garden of the Summer Bird
Acrylic on canvas
About the Artist
I am friendly. I am very active and do exercise. I am generous and smart. I like using my computer. I am creative and honest and artistic and open minded. I am curious to read newspapers to know what is going on in the world. I like painting landscapes because nature is more alive, for example mountains, trees, water, skies. I am becoming betterand better at painting landscapes, all out of my imagination. I love doing painting and coming to the studio every year. I like to paint realistically and do realistic landscapes, perfect landscapes. Painting is in my soul. I paint my thoughts and that helps my mental illness. That is therapy for me. Now I am a real artist.
André is an artist from Ottawa, Ontario who started attending BEING in 2004. André paints landscapes with animals – rabbits, squirrels, beavers, horses – houses, and people. His paintings are from his own imagination, though they are inspired by what he observes in real life. He strives to bring the viewer into his scenes and make his paintings realistic. Over the years he has honed his brush technique to blend paints, create texture, and emphasize details with shadows and highlights. André prefers working with acrylic over oil paint as it allows him to quickly build layers of colour. His favourite painting is one he made of three people in a small boat that looks the exact same as a picture.
