About
The painter's path
Yves Morier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada in October 1945.
Bachelor of Arts at the classical college of Seminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, where he was sensitized by various forms of arts, he completes in 1969, his law studies at University Laval in Quebec City, where he is attracted by the richness of the Old Quebec architectural patrimony.
Nature’s lover, he is introduced to the art of floral decorations at his father’s florist store, where he works during his summer vacations.
During the 70’s, as young lawyer, he is fascinated by the painter Leo Ayotte’s impressive artwork, who builds with large paint strokes full of colors, magnificent flowers, “natures mortes”, and ancestral houses, this bohemian painter which unfortunately died in Saint-Hyacinthe in 1976.
On September 30th, 1977, following a vernissage of Louis Tremblay’s work, a painter from Baie St-Paul, held at the Martin art gallery, Saint-Hyacinthe, he decides he is going to start painting.
The analysis of Quebec artist works, such as Marc-Aurele Fortin, Leo Ayotte, Rene Richard and Louis Tremblay drove him to paint impressionist style large strokes.
In order to learn the painting art, he participates to the 1980-81 Fall-Winter painting session at the adult education of Yamaska regional school board, directed by Mrs Suzanne Caron.
In September 1981, he registers to the drawing/sketching course given by the Saint-Hyacinthe painter Nelson Dupre.
During his first year of picture art research, he produces fifteen oil paints on masonite panels, where daisies, chrysanthemums, roses and peonies inspire him.
Attracted by the perfection details of painter Yvette Lapierre’s canvasses, already representing numerous St-Hyacinthe historical sites, from which the canvas titled “old court house”, which he bought. In 1982 and 1983, at this cottage in St-Ours-sur-Richelieu, he produced a series of paintings under the theme of “the Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu patrimonial tour of ancestral houses”.
Judge at the Quebec Court, criminal, penal and civil chamber since 1993, he spends a large part of his leisure time to search the serenity in juxtaposing forms and colors into the development of his art since 1995.
Since September 8th, 1996, he participates in Monteregie regional “painters tour” directed by the Saint-Thomas d’Aquin painter Yves Bernard.
His travel pictures and garden sketches in regions as inspiring as Old Quebec, Charlevoix, Lower Saint-Lawrence, Prince-Edward Island, Nova-Scotia, as well as his tours in Monteregie, east coast of the United States, his trips to Tunisia and Italy inspire him as a poet’s “Muse”.
His large strokes of forms and vivid colors where the impressionism wins over the realism and brings diversity and a patch of sound gives his artworks a very personal style.
To be a judge means lots of listening and even if painting consists more in looking and be filled with moving beauties, it is in listening that one can transpose his view on a panel or a canvas, he says.
This is the way to acquire serenity…
When retiring as a judge of the Quebec court, he will project his art personal development on his oil and acrylic paintings with the richness and the moving color bursting of his unusual realistic canvasses
Exhibitions and demonstrations
21 septembre au 22 octobre
Exhibition: Autumn Salon at the Galerie 1855, rue des Cascades, Saint-Hyacinthe. A group of seven painters from Saint-Hyacinthe — Three Visions… Three Worlds and Mystery Artists. Ginette Berthiaume, Manon Tétreault (TÉTRO), Yves Morier, Doris Chassé, André Morier (MOAN), Louise Cusson and Yvan Côté.
2023
2019-2023
Associate member of the RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec).
22 septembre au 23 octobre
Exhibition: Of Shadows, of Lights, of Movement and of Emotions, with Mrs. Denise Girard at the galerie Le 1855, rue des Cascades, Saint-Hyacinthe.
2022
2017 et 2018
The painter Yves Morier represents the Art Market around the old market of Saint-Hyacinthe in the tourist guide to the greater Saint-Hyacinthe region and its downtown: A Place Like No Other.
Début
The city of Saint-Hyacinthe adopts a policy for acquiring works of art.
2018
Dimanche le 7 mai
A talk by Yves Morier at the galerie O en Art, which shows his work, on the history of the ancestral houses of Quebec and of the Saint-Hyacinthe region, under the title The Beauties of Old and Their Secrets.
2017
7, 8 et 9 avril
Took part in the 35th exhibition of the Atelier libre de peinture, and gathered signatures for a petition calling for a municipal policy on acquiring works of art.
2017
Hiver
Published in Magazin'ART, vol. 29 no. 114, page 20, in the column The People Behind the Event, on the galerie O en ART.
2017
25 novembre
A lunchtime talk on Art and Taxation, from Purchase to Sale, by Mr. Mario Gazaille, tax director at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, already the owner of one of my canvases.
2016
1er novembre
Published in Le Clairon: Works of art — a municipal acquisition policy called for.
2016
Septembre
To September 2017, partner and exhibitor at the galerie O en ART, 1191 rue des Cascades, Saint-Hyacinthe — a group calling on the city of Saint-Hyacinthe to adopt a policy for acquiring works of art. Vernissage on 6 October 2016 at the galerie O en Art, and publication of the group's intentions in the weekly Le Courrier. O en Art: emphatically local.
2016
15, 16 et 17 avril
Took part in the 34th exhibition of the Atelier libre de peinture at the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde.
2016
17 septembre
Brushes, Rock and Delights, in the RONA hall of the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde. The evening opened with a vernissage of the 24 canvases from 5 to 7 p.m., with tapas-style bites kindly prepared and served by La Boîte aux Délices, followed by a rock show by Câline de Gang, during which videos of the making of the 24 canvases were shown on two giant screens. The auction of the paintings, led by professional auctioneer Daniel Paul-Hus, raised more than $14,000, and the benefit evening raised more than $50,000 in all — enough to cover the $37,800 the Fondation Aline-Letendre spent on twelve morphine pumps, to ease the suffering of patients in the twelve palliative care rooms. A great success, thanks to the philanthropic dental surgeons Réjean Labrie, Stéphane Parent and François Payette, who pledged $32,000 over eight years to the Fondation Aline-Letendre. Great thanks also to the partners who made the evening possible: Pharmacie Brunet, Jean-Louis Auger, Éric Phaneuf and Marie-Josée Rock, Frédéric Morneau, investment adviser at La Financière Banque Nationale, the dental clinic of Dr. Pierre Grégoire with Dr. Élise Beaudet-Demers, Dr. Réjean Labrie, orthodontist, Dr. François Payette of the Rive-Sud oral and maxillofacial clinic, Volkswagen Saint-Hyacinthe, OptoPlus de Saint-Hyacinthe, Me Brigitte Ashby, notary, Dr. Jean-François Rivard of the Saint-Hyacinthe podiatry clinic, Les Spas 4 Saisons, Mr. Gabriel Laflamme, La Boîte aux Délices, Maxime Turgeon SOUND, Lettrage Maska Design, Karine Tremblay, graphic designer, and Buropro Citation.
2015
10 au 17 septembre
Exhibition Brushes, Rock and Delights in the RONA hall of the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde: 24 canvases painted by the artists Doris Chassé, Sophie Côté, Yvan Côté, Pierre Grégoire, Yves Morier and Karine Tremblay, on the themes of the 24 songs the rock band Câline de Gang would play at its benefit concert for the Fondation Aline-Letendre.
2015
À compter du 30 mai
For a fifth season, I paint every Saturday at the Art Market chaired by Mrs. Sophie Côté, painter and glass artist, around the old market of Saint-Hyacinthe, 1555 rue des Cascades, downtown.
2015
6 au 9 mai
Exhibition Icons and Celebrities at my studio, during a spring salon with more than 100 canvases on show — recent work on this set theme by the painters Doris Chassé, Sophie Côté, Yvan Côté, France Gaucher, Pierre Grégoire, Karine Tremblay and Yves Morier.
2015
10,11 et 12 avril
Took part in the 33rd exhibition of the Atelier libre de Saint-Hyacinthe at the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde.
2015
7 novembre
The graffiti artists in the streets of old Barcelona, which I saw in September 2014, and the concert of the rock band Câline de Gang, then playing at the Théâtre La Scène, inspired canvases 0207, Tribute to Famous Rock Bands from 1962 to 2014, and 0212, Câline de Gang in Concert.
2014
11 juillet
A painters' outing, at work in the ROSE GARDEN of the Jardins Claudette Bernier behind the Hôtel-Dieu de Saint-Hyacinthe, with Jocelyne Bond, Mireille Brouillette, Doris Chassé, Yvan Côté, France Daoust, Lisette Paradis, Claude Therrien and Yves Morier.
2014
3 au 10 mai
Trio exhibition with Doris Chassé and Sophie Côté at my studio: Fantasy & Impulse.
2014
11,12 et 13 avril
Exhibition with the Atelier libre, 32nd edition, at the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde.
2014
21 novembre
Presentation of my canvas 0194, of the Manoir Rouville-Campbell, at the 9th Gala des Grands Chefs, held at the manor in aid of the Canadian Cancer Society.
2013
1er novembre
Met host Marc Perreault on his programme C'est-à-dire, broadcast on COGECO cable 3, where I summed up my journey as a painter over thirty minutes.
2013
16 septembre
My canvas 0190, of Saint-Hyacinthe City Hall, is at Dame Tartine, the restaurant where my permanent exhibition is still running.
2013
Été
For the third year running, took part in the Art Market, painting on site around the Vieux Marché of Saint-Hyacinthe, 1555 rue des Cascades, on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 15 June to 31 August 2013.
2013
15 juin au 12 juillet
Exhibition of two of my canvases at the tourist information office, 2040 rue Cherrier in Saint-Hyacinthe — Saint-Hyacinthe City Hall (0190) and the house of the notable Joseph Roy, 3095 rue Girouard (0188) — with the members of Visit'art, chaired by Mrs. Marie Jetté.
2013
1er juin
Took part in the fourth edition of the Visit'Art symposium at the gate of the former mayors of Saint-Hyacinthe.
2013
Été
Took part in the Saturdays of the art market around the old market of Saint-Hyacinthe. 12, 13 and 14 April 2013: took part in the 31st exhibition of the Atelier libre de Saint-Hyacinthe at the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde.
2012
27 avril
Permanent hanging at the restaurant “DAME TARTINE” of eight of my canvases showing restaurants and shops of downtown Saint-Hyacinthe. This charming restaurant is at 1525 Saint-Antoine, Saint-Hyacinthe.
2012
20 au 22 avril
30th-anniversary exhibition of the Atelier libre de peinture at the Espace RONA of the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde, where I gave my canvas 0174, “Garden of Roses and Butterflies” (Hôtel-Dieu de Saint-Hyacinthe), to the Fondation Guy Bourgeois in support of the oncology department of Hôpital Honoré-Mercier.
2012
29 septembre
Exhibition of my canvas 0171, “Juggler with Parasols”, at the 2011 exhibition-competition of the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, on the theme Black in Colours.
2011
25 juin
Beginning of my participation in the art market with Sophie Côté, every Saturday of the summer of 2011 at the Vieux Marché in downtown Saint-Hyacinthe, 1555 rue des Cascades. The cultural and charitable event of the year 2011 in Saint-Hyacinthe: the travelling exhibitions of the collective “12 Brushes for a Promise” — at the T.A. Saint-Germain library from 19 August to 9 September 2011, and at the Espace Rona of the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde from 14 to 23 October 2011, with 36 canvases sold at auction and the draw for the collective canvas “A View of the Garden” on Sunday 24 October 2011, at the same place.
2011
11 et 12 juin
Second participation in the VISIT'ART 2011 symposium, in the garden of the former mayors of Saint-Hyacinthe.
2011
15 au 17 avril
Took part in the 29th exhibition of the Atelier libre de peinture at the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde, and in the mosaic Hope in Colours, with my canvas Vineyard in Tuscany, no. 0164, given to the Fondation Guy Bourgeois for the oncology department of Hôpital Honoré-Mercier.
2011
2009-2011
Member of the Atelier libre de peinture de Saint-Hyacinthe inc.
7 au 31 octobre
Took part in the autumn salon exhibition-competition of the Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, on the theme 150 Variations on Space and Time, with my canvas no. 0158, Once Upon a Time at Wigwomadensis.
2010
12 et 13 juin
Took part in the first Visit'art symposium, 2010, in the garden of the former mayors of Saint-Hyacinthe, with canvas no. 0159, The Gate of the Former Mayors of Saint-Hyacinthe.
2010
16 au 18 avril
Took part in the 28th exhibition of the Atelier libre de peinture de Saint-Hyacinthe at the Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde, and in the Atelier's mosaic Hope in Colours, with my canvas no. 0143, Tame Chickadee.
2010
8 mars
Opening of my website: ymorier.com
2010
31 mars au 21 avril
Duet exposition “Richness and Impulsions”, Doris Chasse and Yves Morier, T.-A. St-Germain library, St-Hyacinthe;
2008
28 au 30 septembre
Duet exposition at the Lawyers and Province Lawyers Congress “Entrez dans la danse” Hotel des Seigneurs, St-Hyacinthe;
2006
26 mars
Vernissage at the “Springtime Room” of the Chasse Art Gallery, Saint-Hyacinthe;
2006
Août 1997 à 2005
The Painters’ Color Path, St-Pie-de-Bagot;
13 mars au 5 avril
Collective “10 brushes for a promise” T.-A. St-Germain library for the Claudette-Bernier Foundation;
2001
14 au 24 septembre
Took part in the annual exhibition-competition of the Musée d'art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 10th edition: Art for All, All for Art — In the Footsteps of Ozias Leduc and Paul-Émile Borduas.
2000
7 au 31 mars
“Serenity” solo exposition, T.-A. St-Germain library;
2000
Septembre
Plein Art Maskoutain, Daniel-Seguin gardens, St-Hyacinthe;
1999
Août
“Old St-Pie” gallery, St-Pie-de-Bagot;
1999
Octobre
Plein Art Maskoutain, Les Salines park, Saint-Hyacinthe;
1998
Septembre
Organic Apple Orchard, Mont-Saint-Hilaire;
1997
Juillet
Dessaulles park, Saint-Hyacinthe;
1997
Septembre
Daniel-Seguin gardens, Saint-Hyacinthe;
1996
Avril 1981, Mars 1982 et 1983
Atrium of the Saint-Hyacinthe courthouse, Quebec.
Février 1982 et 1983
Valentine's Day brunch, École Sacré-Cœur, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Août 1981 et 1982
St-Denis-sur-Richelieu Old Market Fair;
Avril
Sacre-Coeur leisure pavilion, Saint-Hyacinthe;
1981