He practised abstraction in New York, inspired by Jackson Pollock, then returned to Montreal where he produced some of the finest pieces of his career. He married Fernande Sainte-Martin in 1958. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1971, and won the Prix du Québec in 1980.
The quartet rehearses in the studio of Montreal avant-garde painter GuidoMolinari, where first-time visitors are assailed by the artistÂ’s powerful use of colour and meticulous precision of line.
From the time of her first meeting with Molinari, she was struck by the crossover vocabulary of their discussions.
She now shares this sense of intimacy with the other members of the Molinari Quartet in what she calls "a musical marriage." Criticism is constructive and must never be misinterpreted.
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