Robert Marchessault is a Canadian painter. For over 35 years he has worked in series that act as investigations of living plants and landscapes, especially trees and vertical gardens (Murs Vivants). These series are done concurrently, each employing a unique approach to expressing the artist's enquiries and love for these subjects.
Robert Marchessault is represented by Bau-Xi Galleries Toronto and Vancouver, GdB Montreal, New York and Miami, Foster White Galleries Seattle, and is married to the Canadian mimimalist painter Teresa Cullen.
Mur Vivant III, 48"x48", SOLD from Bau-Xi Galleries
Amalga, 24x24, oil/panel,
"Never was the image of a single tree capable of conveying a whole story, as if every one had a personality, and occupied its space in a special mood. Loneliness, suffering, pride, repose. "
Ben Pastor 2019, in a letter to the painter (Pastor is the author of the Martin Bora novels, Martin Quigley Publisher)
Begonias, lumen print 36"x24", archival ink on fine art paper, ed of 10