About robert gaudreau

Robert Gaudreau Art explore to observe, observe to express

Robert Gaudreau My painting and drawing practice navigates the boundaries between figuration and abstraction through oil, acrylic, pastel, and charcoal. I explore the nuances of human perception, memory, and behavioral archetypes, creating images that dwell between psychological presence and visual ambiguity. At the intersection of representational form and abstract gesture, my work investigates how visual language can reveal emotional intensity without prescribing narrative certainty.

Drawing from a lifetime engagement with movement, architecture, and the expressive potential of mark-making, I examine the tensions between control and spontaneity. Figures and forms emerge and recede within layered surfaces, shaped by both deliberate composition and material dialogue. The work reflects an ongoing inquiry into the human condition — how we express, conceal, and interpret meaning through visual experience.

The surface of each work becomes a site of negotiation: mark and color translate concept into sensation, while spatial ambiguity invites the viewer into a shared act of interpretation. By engaging both figurative referent and abstract presence, these works generate a liminal visual space where perception becomes the subject.

My practice is rooted in a belief that painting and drawing remain essential means of exploring the inner life — forms of visual thinking that extend beyond literal representation toward emotional resonance and conceptual depth.

2020 Robert Gaudreau Artist Catalog 22 pages

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Horizons Magazine for Presbyterian Women

Horizons Magazine selects Robert Gaudreaus’ Something About Books - 30 Books painting for it’s May/June 2020 edition front cover

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