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My studies in fine arts (Champlain College 1998) and Multimedia (College André-Grasset 2001) have given me a career in which visual art plays a fundamental part. Aside from video editing, my love for graphics design has enabled me to define myself as a concept artist and to create visual assets for any production. My passion for drawing and painting has open a path to a variety of interesting projects. The creative process never ceases to amaze me. As I often say, making art is my Zen moment when I am completely focused on what I am doing. Art is meditative and therapeutic. Constantly in search to better myself, each of my works is a pretext to learn new techniques.
For more information, have a look at the following articles pertaining to my art.
The Blue House: Acrylic Painting by Eric Mailhot
Fusion Noire & Blanche, un Expo D’art à la Galerie 2456
Entrevue avec Emmanuel Noël, créateur du collectif Artistique Bizz’Art
Lavender Fields: A Painting by Eric Mailhot
Gold Siblings: Ballpoint Pen Art on wood Canvas by Eric Mailhot
Divine Inspiration: Ballpoint Pen Art on Wood Canvas by Eric Mailhot
Jean-Charles Bédard Painting by Eric Mailhot
The Tree Hugger: Ephemeral art in nature by Eric Mailhot
The Turtle Circle: Land Art by Eric Mailhot
Methods and inspirations
Influenced by baroque and science fiction, my main mediums are acrylic and ballpoint pen, either on wood panel or canvas. I also have a fascination with gold leaf, land art and oil pastel.
Painting
The art form of painting is an essential exercise. It enabled me to further understand the fundamental notions of visual aesthetics (composition, perspective, form, texture, clair-obscur and colors) and to apply these professionally. My works include Awake, Jean-Charles Bedard, Divine Inspiration, Gold Siblings, Tree Hugger, Lavender Fields and the Blue House.
Illustration
At the core of my artistic endeavor, there is undoubtedly 2D illustration. Having been encouraged to draw characters at a young age has taken me a long way. It became a lifelong hobby that helped to get through high school and to define myself as an adult. Drawing allowed me to find focus. I call it my ‘zen’ moment of meditation. Not only has it given me the ability to process emotions, but it has also given me the ability to put ideas to paper. I’ve always been fascinated by classic renaissance art, comic book characters and contemporary conceptual video game art. Visit my instagram page to see the latest drawings.
Multimedia
With over 20 years of experience using photoshop, it was inevitable that i would become dexterous with Wacom tablets and to develop my art using mixed media. Creating video game screenshot art at Ubisoft Montreal triggered an appreciation for composite design imagery (using photography, 3DSMax components and 2D art). Video editing combined with drawing and my love of storytelling brought me to develop elaborate storyboard videos. Most notable and infamous example of storyboard video is the Sandwraith video game concept.
Read more about my career at Ubisoft as a communication artist in Montreal … read more
I invite you to watch this video playlist on YouTube with different examples of my artwork, may it be conventional art on canvas and illustration or some more experimental land art I have also explored.
For more information and articles, have a look at my portfolio index
You can find my art portfolio on ArtStation, Behance and on Deviantart. As always, I invite you view my official website www.ericzone.com and visit my Facebook page. Don’t forget to click “Like”. Have a look at my art on Instagram. You can also find me on YouTube. Ericzone is on Instagram. Did you send me an invitation to connect via LinkedIn?
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