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Raynald Leclerc, born 12 décembre 1961 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse on the South Shore of Québec, Canada, is a canadian artist and painter.

Biography
Raynald Leclerc is a self-taught painter from Quebec, he grew up on the banks of the St. Lawrence River and from a young age he began with drawing. At the age of 18, he enrolled in pre-university studies in architecture and during his studies, he improved his technique with his first rendering exercises.

He presented his first individual exhibition in 1984 at the Quatre Saisons gallery in Quebec City and a year later, Lise Leclerc, art broker, became his agent. In 1994, he undertook a trip to Western Canada, settling in Victoria on Vancouver Island. His hikes can be found in dozens of drawings and paintings on canvas.

In 1998, the Galerie d'Art Internationale de Québec became its official agent for all of Canada; several exhibitions are presented in Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton during the following years.

Provençal itinerary, he painted a series of paintings that are found in exhibitions in Quebec and France.

Between 2013 and 2014, Raynald Leclerc undertook three trips to Provence where he made several sketches that he brought back to his studio in Quebec. Inspired by his provençal itinarary, he produced a series of paintings that led to exhibitions in Quebec and France. He exhibited his works at the Hesbé Bolzonello gallery in Saint-Paul-de-Vence until 2017. Today his paintings are exibited across Canada.

Style
While remaining faithful to the genre of the landscape--natural and urban--Raynald Leclerc's work evolved over the course of his carreer. In the early 1980s, he had two significant influences: the painter Christian Bergeron introduced him to painting with a knife, while Francesco Iacurto made him aware of the importance of contrasts and the intensity of colours.

The art of Raynald Leclerc is also inspired by the impressionists, especially Claude Monet, by the priority of nature and lights, while, while it retains a distinctive character thanks to the architectural solidity of its composition and the textural variation of its impasto. This characteristic combination of his art, whitch gives rise to the expression "sculpting light", was affirmed in 2003 during the exhibition «“In the heart of Old Quebec”, marking his twenty-year career.

Always ready to embark on new paths, in 2010 Leclerc produced a series of paintings entitled "l'île d'Orléans" in which he explored the play of light on the surface of objects and the canvas itself. Over the years, his spatula work became more pronounced and his colors more vivid, signaling a more expressive tendency in his art, which suggests a certain kinship with Post-impressionnist painters, notablyles Vincent van Gogh. This trend is particularly evident from 2014 in the exhibition « Leclerc en Provence » (2014). His interest then focused on the reflections and movements of water in its transmutations of liquid into vapor and snow, such as in the exhibition "Leclerc au fil de l'eau" in 2016.

Canada

 * Galerie d'Art Quatre Saisons inc, ville de Québec (Québec), octobre 1984
 * Galerie le Chien D'Or, ville de Québec (Québec), avril 1988
 * Galerie du Vieux Village, Boucherville (Québec), octobre 1989
 * Symposium de Peinture du Carnaval de la ville de Québec, février 1991
 * Galerie d'Art de la Falaise, Sherbrooke (Québec), novembre 1991.
 * Salon des Galeries d'Art du Québec, Place Bonaventure, Montréal (Québec), novembre 1995
 * Galerie Symbole Art, Montréal (Québec), octobre 1996
 * Galerie Symbole Art, Montréal (Québec), octobre 1997
 * Galerie d'Art Internationale, ville de Québec (Québec), octobre 1998
 * Galerie d'Art Internationale, ville de Québec (Québec), avril 2000
 * Galerie d'Art Internationale, ville de Québec (Québec), avril 2002
 * « Au cœur du Vieux-Québec », Galerie d'Art Internationale, Québec, mai 2003
 * « Mémoires d'un Grand Fleuve », Galerie d'Art Internationale, Vieux-Québec (Québec), avril 2006
 * « Québec la nuit », Galerie d'Art International, Vieux-Québec, Québec, avril 2008
 * « L'ile d’Orléans vue par Raynald Leclerc », Galerie d'Art Internationale, Québec (Québec), mai 2010
 * Artworld Fine Art, Toronto (Ontario), mai 2011
 * Koyman Galeries, Ottawa (Ontario), novembre 2011
 * « Dans le sillage du Saint-Laurent », Galerie d'Art Internationale, Québec (Québec), mai 2012
 * « A Canadian Artist's Journey », West End Gallery, Edmonton (Alberta), avril 2013
 * West End Gallery, Edmonton (Alberta), avril 2015
 * "Leclerc au fil de l'eau", Galerie d'Art Internationale, Vieux-Québec, Québec, avril 2016
 * Artworld Fine Art, Toronto (Ontario), avril 2017
 * "Charlevoix to Provence », Koyman Gallery, Ottawa (Ontario), avril 2018
 * "Québec a vol d'oiseau" Galerie d'Art Internationale, Vieux-Québec (Québec), mai 2019

France

 * « Leclerc en Provence », Domaine Souviou, Le Beausset (Provence), juin 2014


 * Raynald Leclerc - Au Cœur du Vieux-Québec, texte de Robert Filion, photographie de Louis Charbonneau, Québec, Galerie d'art internationale, juin 2003, 72 p., ISBN 2-9808252-0-4
 * L’île d’Orléans vue par Raynald Leclerc, texte Robert Filion, photos Louis Charbonneau, Galerie d'art internationale, 2010, 72 p., ISBN 978-2-9808252-1-7
 * Dans le Sillage du Saint-Laurent, poème de Raynald Leclerc, photographie de Louis Charbonneau, Québec, Galerie d'Art Internationale, mai 2012, catalogue 30 p.
 * A Canadian Artist's Journey, rédaction par Robert Filion. édition Lithochic, design L'Orange Bleue, catalogue 32 p.
 * Leclerc en Provence, édition Sylvain Harvey, texte de Robert Filion, dépôt légal: Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec & bibliothèque et archives nationales du Canada, 2014, 66 p., ISBN 978-2-923794-67-9
 * Leclerc au Fil de l'Eau, texte de Robert Filion et William J. Berg, Galerie d'art internationale, 2016, 34 p.
 * Leclerc à vol d'oiseau, texte Robert Filion, impression Deschamps, Galerie d'art internationale, 2019, catalogue 34 p.
 * Ever Higher (Leclerc toujours plus haut) William J. Berg, Québec 2019, fascicule 20 p.

Honnors

 * Honorary Certificate of the F.P.M., 12th edition, winner of the first prize: Bourse de la collection Loto Québec for the excellence of his artistic work, April 2000..
 * Tribute to Raynald Leclerc, event held at the Cercle de la Garnison de Québec under the honorary presidency of the Honorable J. Michel Doyon, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec J.Michel Doyon, lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec , 2 juin 2017.

Bibliographie

 * Michel Bois, «Sculpter la lumière», Magazin´Art, été 2005, p. 112-115.
 * Michel Bois, Magasin'Art, article sur l'exposition "Raynald Leclerc à vol d'oiseau", https://www.pressreader.com/canada/magazinart/20200218/282196537971447
 * Michel Bois, Magasin'Art, article sur l'exposition "Raynald Leclerc à vol d'oiseau", https://www.pressreader.com/canada/magazinart/20200218/282196537971447