BIOGRAPHY

Pascal Hoenig is a self-taught artist painter. Born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1964, he starts to draw pastel portraits for his family and friends as an adolescent.

He leaves his natal country at age 19 to live and work abroad in the hotel- and later in the tourism industry. He spends years in cities like London, Rome and Barcelona. At the end of the 80's he gets acquainted with oils while searching for light and emotion in his paintings.

In 1990 Pascal crosses for the first time the Atlantic to go to the United States, where he attends University in San Diego. It's precisely in California where he will have the opportunity to exhibit his work for the first time. He stays in the Golden State for six years, working as a Tour Director based in San Francisco, which allows him to paint in between touring the Western U.S. His subjects are based on the numerous trips he undertakes.

Back in Europe, he settles down in Barcelona in 1996. There he will be taken by the intense and harsh light of the Mediterranean region. However, he soon misses the freedom and the open spaces of North America. He immigrates to Canada in 2000 where he has been living since in Montreal.

It is here where he will produce the most and his paintings evolve from impressionism to realism and even surrealism. During almost four years he has the chance to work and live in his own studio with display window and direct access to the street in Old Montreal. This allows him to sell his work directly to the public.

Today Pascal has become Canadian and looks for new challenges, while keeping his proper style, detailed and with a European touch that he keeps in his soul.

"Light and transparency, emotions and intensity. The colors of a landscape, the feel of a drape, the honesty in a person's face, the innocence of a child,  the sensuality of a human body. A story to tell in each painting, not by the painter, but by the viewer".