IMAGES | STATEMENT | RESUME

When first viewing Laliberte's paintings one can feel simply overwhelmed by the sheer energy of color and image. Every imaginable red, flirts with cadmium yellows, cerulean blues, kelly greens and burnt siennas. This kaleidoscope of saturated hue, dapples his elaborate tapestry of iconic images; birds, hare, cats and snakes intermingle with his fruits and totemic symbols of man and woman.

The personal narrative that unfolds embraces the rythm of tension between man and woman. Laliberte's male and female figures communicate their innerdialogues and emotions to each other through his immense vocabulary of images. A bird can be seen flying above a figures head indicating a dream; smoke billows out of another's mouth like fiery rage or release of pent up emotion, and yet a third has an inner beinghuddled within. Not bashful about the sensuality and romance found between these two leads, norman's richness of image and flourish underlines his delight for beauty and sublime love. Endaring the viewer to this new world, Laliberte offers a brief respite from our own, for a moments walk around the delights that populate his. One could say the garden of Eden has come alive again.

Julie Lohnes

Director, Chase Gallery