ARTISTIC APPROACH

INNER CIRCLE AWAKENING

Guy Bessette practices a form of painting that evokes atmospheres. His practice belongs to a research-creation artistic approach, blending visual/media arts with written poetry.

His works are characterized by a rich layering of brushstrokes and textures, unveiling abstract forms that oscillate between the organic and the inorganic. Light seeps through contrasting elements, lending the compositions a subtle inner radiance. Technically, he works in oil on various surfaces—paper, wood, clay-based grounds, or synthetic materials.

Each painting is accompanied by narrative poetry that emerges alongside the visual process, extending and deepening the viewer’s experience. Short video pieces further enrich his practice, weaving together image and word into a single poetic gesture. Together, painting, poetry, and video offer multiple temporal perspectives on a shared theme—meeting each other without seeking to illustrate or explain.

His creative process is deeply intuitive. Painting and text reveal themselves simultaneously, in a continuous cycle of appearance, transformation, and renewal—until the internal emotion finds its full expression through image and language.

Bessette’s work draws inspiration from the observation of his inner landscapes, from the natural world in which he finds solace, and from his many travels across continents.