Pat Cantin 'Patente a Grosses' Print Available

Artist: Pat Cantin
Title: Patente a Grosses
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 20 x 30 Inches
Edition: 10
Price: $420 CAD

 

Pat Cantin is a Canadian artist who paints bold geometric abstractions that pulse with rhythmic colour and tactile depth. Born in Montreal and trained in design, he spent years directing commercial graphics before turning full time to fine art, a shift that allows him to merge disciplined composition with intuitive gesture. Working from a bright studio in Victoriaville, Quebec, he builds each canvas through patient layering, pouring, scraping and glazing until smooth gradients collide with crisp angles, creating a sense of movement frozen mid beat.

His palette leans toward saturated oranges, electric blues and sunlit yellows, hues that echo the neon signage of nighttime city drives and the warm glow of analog television test patterns. Cantin avoids brushes, preferring squeegees, palette knives and taped edges to push acrylic across the surface, a method that leaves subtle ridges and glossy pools, evidence of physical negotiation between artist and material. Recent series explore the idea of sonic visualization, translating bass lines and drum breaks into interlocking shapes that seem to reverberate off the canvas.

Exhibitions at Galerie Bernard in Montreal, Art Basel Miami and group shows across Canada have sold out, while corporate collections including Cirque du Soleil and Ubisoft have acquired large scale pieces that energise open office spaces. Despite growing demand, Cantin keeps production intimate, hand finishing every work and releasing small editions of archival prints that carry the same luminous depth as the originals.

Whether rendering a three metre wall commission or a pocket sized study, he seeks the fragile moment when colour, rhythm and memory lock into perfect sync, reminding viewers that abstraction can feel as immediate as a favourite song heard on a late night highway.