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ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
MA : Where and
when were you born?
JG : St_Boniface, QC, May 31 1943
MA : Do you have
any formal art training?
JG : Private
lessons as a teenager. Training with with Rodolphe Duguay and Gaétan
Beaudin.
MA : What was
your occupation before you made the leap to full-time artist?
JG : Arts
teacher
MA : At what age
did you become a professional artist?
JG : In my
forties
MA : What is your
medium of choice?
JG : Acrylics
MA : Do you paint
on the motif, in the studio or both
?
JG : Sudio
MA : Do you rely on
your imagination or do you use photographs as source material?
JG :
Imagination
THE ARTIST'S
MIND
MA : Who were/are
your biggest influences as an artist?
JG : The naive painters
MA : Who are your
favorite artists?
JG : Chagall,
Picasso, Miro
MA : What are
your favorite subjects?
JG : People
with cats, birds, fish.
MA : What
fires up the muse that inspires you?
JG : Music,
very often.
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