Patrick Howlett

*Organiks*, 2022
distemper, tempera gesso, egg tempera, ink, watercolour, gouache, ,shellac and oil on linen on wood panel
48 x 42 in. (122 x 107 cm)

*Vessels*, 2022
distemper, tempera gesso, egg tempera, ink, wax and oil on linen on wood panel
48 x 42 in. (122 x 107 cm)

Drawing on the structural metaphors of humoral theory, his paintings appear composed of fluids, bodies, and spaces that juxtapose, absorb, or repel one another. Each field intertwines with the next, without discernible temporality, disrupting the balance between competing forces. This complexity blurs the
notions of interior and exterior, while a vertical and horizontal equilibrium maintains the body—and the spirit—of the work in an inseparable cohesion.

S’appuyant sur les métaphores structurelles de la théorie des humeurs, ses peintures semblent composées de fluides, de corps et d’espaces qui se juxtaposent, s’absorbent et se repoussent mutuellement. Chaque champ s’entrelace avec le suivant, sans temporalité discernable, perturbant l’équilibre entre des forces concurrentes. Cette complexité dissout la frontière entre intérieur et extérieur, tandis qu’un équilibre dynamique - à la fois vertical et horizontal - maintient le corps et l’esprit de l’œuvre dans une cohésion indissociable.

FrameWork 10/22: Mathilde Varanese on Patrick Howlett

in French in English

Patrick Howlett (b.1971, lives in Montréal) He earned his BFA from Concordia University in 1997 and his MFA from the University of Victoria in 2006. Past exhibitions include make room, Blouin Division, Montréal; Improving Your Squash, G Gallery, Toronto; Patrick Howlett: Part-Time Offerings, Museum London, London; review, Khyber Institute for Contemporary Art, Halifax; Facts about Digestion, Yellow Box Gallery, St. Thomas University, Fredericton; and Doubled Confluence, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin.

Collections: Canada Council Art Bank; The Canadiana Collection, Ottawa; Equitable Bank, Toronto; Senvest Collection, Montréal; TD Bank Group, Toronto; Bank of Montréal, Toronto; Museum London, London, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto; private collections (Toronto; Montréal; Victoria; London, Ontario; Denver; Bethesda, Maryland; Grand Prairie, Alberta; London, U.K.; Palm Desert, California).