Tom Buckley was a participant at the Pointe-aux-Trembles workshop in the early 2000s. Living in Greenfield Park, he formed along with two other men from the region, a small group to come with to this workshop. Tom Buckley loved sports and his production was strongly influenced by it. Golf, baseball, and hockey are recurring themes found in his artworks. 

David Forest was born in 1977 in Montreal. He lived for a few years in Montérégie and then in Lac-Saint-Jean. In 1998, he joined the Impatients art workshops where he is still, to this day, very active and prolific. David has a unique style, recognizable at first glance: felt-tip pens on paper, colorful graphic faces with large strokes of primary colors, where we sometimes find architectural or plant elements. 

It was with great enthusiasm and spontaneity that Michel, born in 1949, attended the Impatients workshops at the IUSMM from 1996 to 2002. For him, it was a weekly meeting not to be missed because Michel enjoys picking up his drawing where he left off the previous week. He likes to work in continuity, he manipulates plasticine to make two-tone characters and most of the time uses gouache or wax pencils to draw series of multicolored flat areas, jerky or grid lines over the entire surface. of the leaf. We also recognize in his semi-abstractions triangular faces, oblong shapes containing noses, eyes and mouths. The sun and clocks are also among his subjects. His creations invite us to observe familiar themes, the solar star and the immensity of the universe, time that passes in an elusive way and the individual, himself, as a simple witness to what is beyond him.

Born in 1966, Louis Valentine regularly participated in the workshops given by Les Impatients from 1993 to 2008. Although always smiling, the man in the eternal worker's overalls was secretive and spoke little, if at all. His paintings are generally recognizable by their washed out areas of watercolor or gouache in luminous colors. Always very concentrated during his work, Louis Valentine begins his compositions by slowly and carefully tracing, with lead pencil or felt-tip pen, series of repetitive motifs: circles and diagonals which often revolve around the notion of habitat. Houses, paned windows and endless staircases occupy and geometrize the spaces. These references to home surely comfort their author. It is from this tension between flat areas of paint and organic or geometric shapes that the singularity and immediate appeal that his works have on us are born.

It was in 2002 that Larry Vick enrolled in the Impatients workshops. The benefits of creation are quickly felt. It allows him, among other things, to leave the house, to “unhook” and to complete a project, which is a great source of satisfaction for him. After practicing with felt-tip pens, Larry turned to colored pencils with endless multi-colored combinations. Two periods characterize his creations, the first is figurative, with a marked interest in the elements of nature and the second is abstract, with the repetition of flat shapes. Larry emphasizes the patience work he demonstrates in the elaboration of geometric figures and in the choice of juxtaposing certain complementary colors. Each of his unique works is the result of several dozen hours of work. So that he doesn't miss a color along the way, a box of wooden pencils is reserved in his name to ensure that he finds his colors week after week. His meticulous graphic compositions are cleverly arranged in a way that the emerging patterns play with our vision of shapes, colors and space like an optical illusion.

Born in 1970 in Loches, France, Willy has been attending the workshop since 1992, first in Pointe-aux Trembles and then downtown. Holder of a certificate in visual arts, Willy Beauvais participates in multiple workshops at Les Impatients. For him, it is an opportunity to rediscover the pleasure in creation. His drawings often revolve around the same character with hollow circles and disheveled hair. The green and blue hues he uses coat his works in a mysterious veil that clearly defines his style. Every year, he participates in the Impatients concert as part of the music workshops and is a part of the Big Bang Band, the musical group of this workshop. In addition, he has been a singer-songwriter for over 30 years. He has produced more than 50 small albums and 1800 songs. His work can be found on Bandcamp, under the name Willy Noise.

Born June 13th of 1965, he has been attending the Impatients workshops since the early 1990s. In his paintings, Jean Boutin tirelessly writes in pencil and brush dipped in gouache his concerns, his interests, his fixed ideas. His “writings” talk about sports, particularly team names as well as hockey and baseball players. He traces large letters, attached and detached, with a spontaneous impulse and without hesitation. I suspect he uses letters the way others use landscape art. I can sense the bird with its great beating wings and I feel the wind carrying everything in its path. Mr. Boutin does not paint to seduce, or even to share, he paints tirelessly with immense personal pleasure, and for himself. We have the privilege and happiness of discovering and appreciating his creations in its own right.