Andrew Gillet

 

Biography

Andrew Gillet, a resident of Toronto, Canada, is a photorealist painter whose artistic focus is the capture of nostalgia. Reflecting the societal focus on hockey in Canada, he has a penchant for imagery of old hockey sticks or the figures of a table hockey set. He imbibes life into the works by not only tying them to sports figures we may know and love, but by using a color palette that is warm, inviting and says “I am your stick.” He does the same thing with the two other subjects that he tackles in his painting, old baseball equipment and colorful, playful candy from our childhood. In the end Gillet’s works take us back in time to a place that is familiar and inviting and safe for us; perhaps that is the underlying feeling in the pieces. One could say that the subject matter and color palette are simply the conduits to unlocking those great and memorable childhood experiences for all of us. In the vein of photorealists Cesar Santander or Steven Mills, Andrew has driven to create grandeur around a simple everyday object that sits in the closet or on a shelf in the garage.

He shows in the Toronto Art Fair and in his own gallery outside the US.

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