Chris Charlebois
Born in 1952 in Arvida, Quebec, Chris Charlebois has spent most of his life in British Columbia. He attended the Vancouver School of Art and his painting instructors were Don Jarvis and Bruce Boyd. Since then his work has been collected by numerous private and corporate collectors.
Charlebois is very active in the local art community, and has successfully participated in many live art auctions. Chris also teaches art at the Steveston Village Phoenix Art Workshops.
Inspired by the west coast environment his work is evolving into a kind of nature based abstraction.
Charlebois believes that his work must be an honest investigation and at times uses a sketch or photo only as a brief reference. But the original impression in the mind's eye is always more truthful.
He seeks the beauty in nature that is constant and found everywhere, even in a clump of grass by the roadside or a nondescript bush near a ditch.
Charlebois says there seems to be a point of departure where the painting ceases to be simply a copy of the subject but takes on a meaning and importance as itself. " I cannot compete with nature, but I can attempt to add to it."
" My goal as a painter has always been to simply express. Nature is the source of that expression. I look for the gesture in nature. It is this dominant line of movement and structure that all the elements in a painting will be built upon. By taking apart (abstracting) the components of the subject, then rebuilding making systematic logical choices a result of clear expression can be attained."
"From nature I find direction. Colours and lines seen or felt, are expressed as infinite notes, harmonies, patterns and rhythms. From these references my paintings are formed."
"Dense with colour and texture, Chris Charlebois' paintings are abstracted landscapes inspired by the marshlands and rainforest of the West Coast. He offers us unusual and often overlooked viewpoints of our native environment finding inspiration and creating beauty in his close-up views of tangled grasses and fallen leaves. His tools to achieve this masterful drama of nature are simple: a piece of wood produces textures that create the impression of rippling water, or a jumble of weeds. The result is a feast of colour, gesture and line that bring us a little closer to the beauty of nature's continuous cycle."
Lynn Ruscheinsky, PhD.
Chris Charlebois's CV


New Day
Oil on Canvas
60" x 36"
New
$7700.00

Out Reach
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
New
$4000.00

Exultation
Oil on Canvas
48" x 72"
Sold

Coda
Oil on Canvas
24 x 20
Sold

Last Beacon
Oil on Canvas
36" x 48"
Sold

Cold Burn
Oil on Canvas
42" x 42"
New
$6550

In the Night Garden
Oil on Canvas
18" x 18"
Sold

20 in a Row
Oil on canvas
44" x 52"
New
$8150.00

Progression - Blue and Green
Oil on Canvas
52" x 44"
New
$8150.00

Second Phase - Growth
Oil on Canvas
60" x 48"
New
$9400.00

Embers and Ashes
Oil on Canvas
42" x 42"
New
$6550.00

Breaking Point
Oil on Canvas
36" x 72"
New
$8950.00

Exclamation
Oil on Canvas
48" x 48"
New
$8200.00

In the Arms of Eternity
Oil on Canvas
42 x 42
New
$6550.00

Windfall
Oil on Canvas
42 x 42
New
$6550.00

Field Form 2nd Apex
Oil on Canvas
42 x 42
New
$6550.00

Through Pale Blue Eyes
Oil on Canvas
42" x 42"
New
$6550.00

Backstream
Oil on Canvas
44" x 52"
New
$8150.00

Interface Separation
Oil on Canvas
40" x 60"
New
$8550.00

Circles of Division
Oil on Canvas
52" x 44"
New
$8150.00

Sentry
Oil on Canvas
30" x 24"
New
3250.00

Edge of Field - Winter Dusk
Oil on Canvas
24" x 36"
New
$4000.00

Field by Steveston Highway
Oil on Canvas
14" x 18"
$1650.00

Ochre Field Twilight
Oil on Canvas
12" x 12"
$1450.00

Last Flower
Oil on Canvas
24" x 20"
$2800.00

Circle of Red
Oil on Canvas
36" x 30"
New
$4350.00