Yves
Morier
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My favourite canvas
LeftOzias Leduc, La maison du passeur, 1938-1939 — Oil on panel, 30.4 × 40.4 cm. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, bequest of Fernande Théoret-Préfontaine, inv. 2002.69.
RightYves Morier, The Mystical Flight of Suzanne, 2000
The Mystical Flight: the inspiration behind my naïve painting
Inspired by the symbolist painting of Ozias Leduc and his work The Ferryman’s House, I seek to transcend suffering through my canvases. What I want to depict is serenity, the passage of the soul towards the light, and a heavenly harmony.
In my work, the ferryman’s boat becomes the springboard for Suzanne’s mystical flight — an angel crossing from shadow into light, from one shore to the other.
A tribute born in the heart of the Hôtel-Dieu de Saint-Hyacinthe
In late July 2000, while my wife Claudette (Suzanne) was in palliative care at the Hôtel-Dieu de Saint-Hyacinthe, I showed her this oil painting, freshly finished. A work made to ease her suffering and to go with her on her great journey.
She died peacefully on Saturday 5 August 2000, the very day of our son’s wedding, after bravely holding the fort out of pure motherly love. This favourite canvas, bound up with our own story, is not for sale.
Artistic influences and the landscapes of Quebec
Ever since, my surreal skies have guided every brushstroke. My style has been deeply marked by great Quebec painters: Ozias Leduc and Marc-Aurèle Fortin, René Richard and Léo Ayotte, Louis Tremblay, and Yvette Pépin Lapierre, the Saint-Hyacinthe artist who brought the town’s historical heritage back to life.
A world of playful, anecdotal painting
To this day, that founding canvas feeds my passion for setting shapes and bright colours side by side. Through my naïve, playful, anecdotal painting, I try to capture the beauty of scenes from another time.
It is with great humility that I invite you to walk through my online gallery, and to discover my world and my work.
My canvases on the map
Every pin is a place that was painted. Open one to see the canvases that came from it.
- Saint-Hyacinthe 136 works
- Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu 12 works
- Quebec City 7 works
- Italy 4 works
- Mont-Saint-Hilaire 3 works
- Burano 2 works
- Cuba 2 works
- Greve in Chianti 2 works
- Hatley 2 works
- Montreal 2 works
- Saint-Ours 2 works
- Tuscany 2 works
- Tunisia 2 works
- Beloeil 1 work
- Cap-à-l’Aigle 1 work
- Charlevoix 1 work
- East Coast of the United States 1 work
- Eastman 1 work
- Gatineau 1 work
- Halifax 1 work
- Prince Edward Island 1 work
- Les Éboulements 1 work
- Miami 1 work
- Mykonos 1 work
- Ottawa 1 work
- Paris 1 work
- Pine Point 1 work
- Punta Cana 1 work
- Rougemont 1 work
- Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu 1 work
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 1 work
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 1 work
- Vaudreuil-Dorion 1 work