During his youth, Girouard relished the outdoors with frequent camping, hiking, fishing and hunting adventures. He found an energy and wisdom in the natural world that words and representational images could not convey. Girouard’s experience with art was much like his experience with Nature. Art brought him deeper into his being than other genres had been able to move him. He has long felt the connection between the wilderness, spirituality and his work as an artist.
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The work embodies and extensive study in the marriage of hot glue & crayons on canvas. This multi-functional art medium is used as paint on canvases and other receptive surfaces. In essence, my paintbrush is a glue gun and the paint is a blend of molten glue and crayons heated to extreme temperatures. This ready-made collage medium has adhesive properties enabling a wide scope of artistic capabilities.
A half dozen smoldering hot glue guns, each of which reach the temperature of 380 degrees Fahrenheit (193.3 Celsius), are engaged while creating on piece.
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