Space City Vortex 1/7

About Space City Vortex 1/7

This contemporary abstract colorful collage is a digital print made by Paul Fournier.

The distinctive ethereal styling of Paul Fournier, a significant Canadian abstract artist is found in this digital image representing space. Fournier’s gift lies in his ability to explore the limitless potential of color and expressive form to create new fantastical worlds. The Space City series was created during an Ontario College of Art residency in 2014 where he learned about and experimented with digital tools. Fournier is highly regarded as a master colorist and a superb draughtsman who paints—free form, without a sketch. Known for his intuitive sense of color, the vivid palette in this limited series—yellow, red, blue, orange, white, pink and turquoise excites the eye. Edition 1 0f 7. Print size is 35.25 x 44.25, Unframed.

“I did a ton of work on my own computer playing with different imagery. Using the variety of tools available, I learned to use various brushes, techniques and manipulated form. It was a very creative process.” Paul Fournier

“His best works continue to be joyous metaphors for intense feelings about the natural world, filtered through experience of the painters he admires most, and translated into a non-specific language of gesture, inflection and color.” Karen Wilkin, Art Critic

Paul Fournier was born during the Great Depression in Simcoe, Ontario. He first studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1959 and went on to study printmaking at McMaster University in Hamilton in 1967. Fournier also received an Honorary Doctor of Laws from McMaster in 1996 where he’d also been the artist in residence. During a career that spans six decades, Fournier has had solo exhibitions in several Canadian cities and in the U.S. His work is held in private collections in North and South America, and Europe. Public collections include the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Sculpture Garden in Washington and the Tate Museum in London.