PHOTO FRANÇOIS ROY, THE PRESS
October 2015, Rosemont district, Montreal. Keeping my enthusiasm and my nervousness well hidden was the watchword I had imposed on myself when painting the portrait of Jean Leloup, one of my favorite artists. I managed to capture this assumed hyperactive for a brief moment of calm. To dive back into its archives is also to observe the passage of time: Montreal that is changing, artists and politicians who are aging, have only passed away or have disappeared.