Roger Quesnel
I aim to capture the spirit of a scene with a focus on atmosphere. It’s not about painting pretty scenes, but rather re-connecting my viewer to a memory or feeling. To momentarily transport them.
Roger, born in 1961 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, currently resides in the Township of Whitchurch-Stouffville, near Toronto. He has been painting for over 45 years, earning numerous awards and features through Fine Art America, with his works held in private collections across Canada. Roger received formal art training in high school and studied Fine Arts/Visual Arts at York University in Toronto from 1980-82.
Roger's emotive and atmospheric contemporary cloudscape and landscape paintings aim to connect viewers to deep emotions, forgotten memories, and places that touch their souls. He focuses on creating mystery, capturing the feeling, mood, emotion, or spirit of the scene, rather than merely producing "pretty paintings." His contemporary style exhibits classical training with influences of impressionism, expressionism, tonalism, and minimalism, often bordering on semi-abstraction.
Roger's refined and gentle color palette soothes viewers with subtle tones and shades. He prefers using large brushes in a loose-brush technique, deliberately avoiding too much detail to allow viewers to engage with the painting through their imagination and perceptions. His goal is to evoke an emotional response by capturing the overall mood or emotion of the scene through light, tone, and color.
Using both acrylics and oils, Roger's primary medium is painting. All of his works are original and hand-painted, typically done alla prima, applying real paint to canvas. His creations possess a freshness and unique quality, as they are intuitively created from his imagination, stored memories, and emotions. He works in both large and medium canvas sizes, avoiding AI, digital mixed media, or computer art software.
Roger's hope for viewers of his work is to evoke a sense of peace, joy, or nostalgic familiarity that speaks to their souls, leaving them in a happy state of mind. He aims to assist viewers in their ongoing search for that elusive spiritual homeland within.
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Large Canvas • 26 artworks
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Large canvas, modern and contemporary atmospheric cloudscape paintings.
Monochromatic • 27 artworks
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Modern and contemporary, atmospheric cloudscape paintings in monochromatic.
Cool and Dark • 14 artworks
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Modern and contemporary, atmospheric cloudscape paintings with cool and dark tones
Warm • 21 artworks
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Modern and contemporary, atmospheric cloudscape and landscape paintings with warm tones.
Combined Styles • 3 artworks
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Modern and contemporary, large canvas abstract cloudscape paintings with an edgy, ethereal contemporary [...]
Modern and contemporary, large canvas abstract cloudscape paintings with an edgy, ethereal contemporary look, combining the styles of Impressionism and Constructivism.
Sold Artworks • 11 artworks
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Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
Roger, born in 1961 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, currently resides in the Township of Whitchurch-Stouffville, near Toronto. He has been painting for over 45 years, earning numerous awards and features through Fine Art America, with his works held in private collections across Canada. Roger received formal art training in high school and studied Fine Arts/Visual Arts at York University in Toronto from 1980-82.
Roger's emotive and atmospheric contemporary cloudscape and landscape paintings aim to connect viewers to deep emotions, forgotten memories, and places that touch their souls. He focuses on creating mystery, capturing the feeling, mood, emotion, or spirit of the scene, rather than merely producing "pretty paintings." His contemporary style exhibits classical training with influences of impressionism, expressionism, tonalism, and minimalism, often bordering on semi-abstraction.
Roger's refined and gentle color palette soothes viewers with subtle tones and shades. He prefers using large brushes in a loose-brush technique, deliberately avoiding too much detail to allow viewers to engage with the painting through their imagination and perceptions. His goal is to evoke an emotional response by capturing the overall mood or emotion of the scene through light, tone, and color.
Using both acrylics and oils, Roger's primary medium is painting. All of his works are original and hand-painted, typically done alla prima, applying real paint to canvas. His creations possess a freshness and unique quality, as they are intuitively created from his imagination, stored memories, and emotions. He works in both large and medium canvas sizes, avoiding AI, digital mixed media, or computer art software.
Roger's hope for viewers of his work is to evoke a sense of peace, joy, or nostalgic familiarity that speaks to their souls, leaving them in a happy state of mind. He aims to assist viewers in their ongoing search for that elusive spiritual homeland within.
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Nationality:
CANADA
- Date of birth : 1961
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Canadian Artists

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Influences
Education
1980 - 1982
Fine Arts - York University
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada
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Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2025
Fine Art America (Faa) - 40 Artist Of Distinction Awards
United States
2025
Fine Art America (Faa) - 2,099 Paintings Chosen As Special Features By Art Curators
United States
2023
Fine Art America (Faa) - 2Nd Place Award, Juried Contest Best Of 2023, Mystery Group, For The Painting “Celestine Light”
United States
Permanent Collections
2024
Artmatch Art Gallery
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada
2024
Biggs Art Gallery
Aurora,
Ontario,
Canada
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Moody, Impressionistic cloudscapes by Roger Quesnel, Roger Quesnel Art.
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Added Dec 3, 2024
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ArtMatch Art Gallery, Toronto Canada
Toronto, ON, Canada
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2024
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I am pleased to announce that ArtMatch Art Gallery, Toronto Canada, have signed me to a contract.
Reviews and comments

©2025 Roger Quesnel
Thanks. Yes, I agree Lee. That’s why your work caught my eye. Best wishes.

©2025 Roger Quesnel
We have similar taste and styles, personally fascinated by dark skys.
Lovely work.
Merci Roger avoir.ajoute mes oeuvres à votre liste. Claudio
Thanks Roger for adding my works to your list. Claudio

©2023 Roger Quesnel
such a great space and such great light.
Thank you very much for your kind comments Ev.A. Ramlot!

©2023 Roger Quesnel
MERCI, tellement céleste, tous vos ciels sont tellement .... les mots manquent pour exprimer la splendeur que vous sublimer
THANK YOU, so heavenly, all your skies are so .... words fail to express the splendor that you sublimate
That is so kind of you, Ev.A. Ramlot! Thank you for your wonderful comments! I am grateful you see this in my paintings🙏

©2024 Roger Quesnel
Thank you, Natalia! Very kind.

©2024 Roger Quesnel
воздушно и современно
airy and modern
Thank you, Natalia!!

©2023 Roger Quesnel

©2024 Roger Quesnel
великолепно, поздравляю
great, congratulations
Thank you, Natalia!
Прекрасные работы, поздравляю вас.
Excellent work, congratulations.
Thank you so much Yampolskaia

©2023 Roger Quesnel
Hello. The sky is a scene with a rapidly changing scenery. You are very good at conveying a specific moment of this theater. Thank you.
Hi Nina. Yes, this is what I try to capture in my cloudscape paintings. Thank you very much for your kind comments and feedback! They are greatly appreciated.
Votre travail est le parfait exemple de ma citation sur l'art. Merci et bravo.
Your work is the perfect example of my quote about art. Thank you and congratulations.
Thank you very much Marie, for your kind comment. I appreciate it. I have read your quote and I completely agree. Thank you also for following me.
Beautiful tone and depth in your paintings

©2024 Roger Quesnel
Thank you, Viktor!
refined and original artist, talent top, excellent technique
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