Grey Barn, Charlevoix 4/4

About Grey Barn, Charlevoix 4/4

This pop art print is a colorful image of a barn created by Charles Pachter.

Charles Pachter is a much-admired Canadian artistic polymath, his colourful artwork merging playful even irreverent elements with deeply iconic imagery.
Barns are among many images Pachter has represented –this print is inspired by a barn seen in the beautiful and historic Charlevoix region of Quebec. Its classic silhouette is outlined in red, the barn itself in shadow and light appears as pale grey and blue. It is set amidst rolling hills—a mix of blues all against a bright blue sky. The form is simple, and the color palette characteristic of Pachter’s love of bold colors.

“….I came to appreciate this gregarious, talented man’s art. In the painted passages, a profoundly rich, poetic, visual mind is exposed for the curious and imaginative viewer to enter and explore. “ Tom Smart, writer, art museum curator

Charles Pachter studied at the University of Toronto, the Sorbonne in Paris, and at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in the USA. Among his many accolades, he is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario, a Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and a recipient of the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Europe, Japan, the UK, India, and Bangladesh. His work is held in both private and public collections around the world including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the McMichael Gallery.