For more than 40 years, Serge Brunoni has painted the people and places of Montreal. Born in the Lorraine region of France in 1938, his passion for colour began with a set of crayons he used as a child. After working in a factory at the young age of sixteen and serving with the French Colonial Forces in France and Africa, he emigrated to Trois-Rivières, Quebec, in 1964. On Christmas day, 1968, his wife gave him a box of paints and his passion for art was reawakened. Since then, Serge has become one of the most sought-after painters in Canada. Celebrated for a bold impressionist style, he captures the movement, poetry and vitality of the urban setting. Serge continues to live and work in Trois-Rivières.
Three major themes can be found in his work; man within the isolation of nature, the city and railway stations. He paints a story around each one of these themes, and they compliment another. The city provides a stable, populous environment; the woods a return to self, freedom and appreciation of time; the train a link between the two. The train also evokes the traveler in us all, especially within Brunoni, who always keeps a train ready to head some where, like a dream machine. He has participated in several group exhibitions including, “When immigrants talk” at the Musee de la civilization in Quebec City.