Jean Chrétien, Orator (Orateur)  

 
 
 
Oil / huile - 36" x 72"    
 

Private Collection - Ottawa, Canada

Collection privée, Ottawa, Canada

                                                                                                                                                                     

This portrait (above) of The Prime Minister is based on the first time I met him in 1980, in Sudbury, Ontario. In his most personal style he had cast away his prepared speech and began speaking to each and every individual in the crowd. His hands gestured and his voice conveyed a love for Canada which is rarely expressed with a more vivid conviction.

   

I truly enjoyed creating this contemporary rendition of a dynamic Prime Ministerial presence. Being an afficionado of contemporary art, M Chrétien well appreciated the results of what was for me a pleasurable exercise.

Ce portrait du premier Ministre jean Chrétien me rappelle de sa visite à Sudbury en Ontario en 1980. Orateur hors pair, il a touché l'auditoire comme nul autre l'aurait fait. Ses gestes, son regard. . . le tout  convainquant. Ce jours-là, Jean Chrétien nous a convaincu que le Canada nous appartenait.
 
 

Step-By-Step,  A Look at Artwork Creation

Étapes par étapes, un regard sur la création d'une oeuvre    

 
   
   
 
   
 
     

Other Chrétien Portraits

Autres portraits de l'Honorale Jean Chrétien

     

Portrait above

(Le portrait ci-haut)

The Prime Minister had often admired a portrait I had painted of the great protographer  Yousuf Karsh which hangs in my studio. I created a similar oil sketch composition  which included symbols of his office. The larger unfinished portrait became the preliminary sketch for the head and shoulders portrait commissioned by the alumni of the Collège classique de

Trois Rivières. Le Premier Ministre avait souvent admiré un portrait que j'avais réalisé du renommé photographe Yousuf Karsh. J'ai donc réalisé une pièce qui ressemblait à cette toile - tout en respectant les symboles de la vie de politique de M Chrétien.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Prime Minister - Le Premier Ministre

2004- Oil Sketch - 30" x 40"

 

The Prime Minister deep in thought. A calm and pondered determination are the focal points of

this more relaxed sketch.

Le Premier Ministre, concentré. Un homme

calme et pondéré était le sujet de cette toile.

Le Très Honorable Jean Chrétien

Premier Ministre du Canada

1993 - 2003 

The Right Honourable Jean Chrétien

Prime Minister of Canada, 1993 - 2003

2004

 

Oil

21" x 27"

Collection of/du Collège classique de Trois Rivières, Québec

  
 

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