Lyrical
abstract painter or abstract landscape painter, his painting belongs to
an inner world as
well as
a cosmic one. Influenced by eastern philosophies, André Rouquet
tries to express the
rhythms
and forces which run through the Universe. For, from the infinitesimally
small to the
infinitesimally
big, all is vibrations, all is energies and those energies rest on
vacuity,Tao,silence.
Life is everlasting creation.
Self-introduction by the artist in a book called "Peintres et Sculpteurs d'Aquitaine" See the web page of Biography.(Never better served as by oneself)
An
abstract painter who leaves imagination free, yet imperceptibly leading
it towards a "watery"
sensation.
Laurent Pédebernard
Forceful expression of an inner life inspired by nature
Jean Couraud
Rouquet
obviously adores blue. The so-called cold colour which he knows how to
warm up by
green
or brown blendings, very rarely red ones, but he also plays with all the
range of the
palette,
offering himself a few dizzy spells among abysses and fathomless skies.
Water,
Earth , Air -never, strangely, Fire.
In this
artist, the duality wild water-mineral dominates a style which undoubtedly
cannot leave
one indifferent.
Rouquet has chosen a relatively abstract way to express not landscapes
but the
emotion
we feel in front of them..
It is
strong and humble at the same time as man can be, alone facing the ocean..
Jean Marc Faubert
"A thousand horizons of snowy , rocky mountains, under cotton and liquorice skies.Creatures are sliding, fragile insects, appearing suddenly, creating fractures,crevices, sea monsters."Bernadette Pélissier
"André Rouquet's paintings appear as a watery sensation in which we are gradually immersed despite a quest in solid structure. It sails among elements and seems to engulf our vision to let it open again always in sparks from which we emerge in a saving flight towards light."
Herbert Winberg
"The sea" , this primal shout you will express by watching André Rouquet's paintings..."
Martine Jouany
"Each painting captivates the audience in one way or another. Its effect is largely augmented by the heavy tones and expressions which are given out,especially the heavily toned ones which really make you think.Very radiant and unique.
Bobby Ann
This last text is real English , not a translation!