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ILLUSTRATION

ILLUSTRATION

來自異次元的霓紅火山 | Pierre-Paul Pariseau 超現實拼貼藝術家

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來 自 異 次 元 的 霓 紅 火 山

超現實之旅─啟航！ 我一直都被藝術深深吸引，但在 0歲 前，我從來沒有真正開始接觸過。我畫過一 些油畫，但很快的就發現了相片拼貼這種媒 材。只是一些從照片中剪下來的圖片，就能 創造出的超現實影像讓我非常驚艷，從此之 後我就找到了屬於我的創作媒材了。一開 始，我的拼貼都非常簡單。我使用剪刀和膠 水很多年，直到電腦的出現。當時影響我甚 鉅的超現實藝術家包括達利、雷內•馬格利 特等…，在那個時候什麼東西都很超現實主

們。之後我也開始製作自己的作品集，並到 處去拜訪藝術總監，很快的得到正面的回 應，我的藝術生涯也就從那時候開始。

周遭的其他事物也會啟發我的靈感。我身上

始在一些咖啡廳、文化中心和畫廊展示他

until came the computer. My big influence then was the surrealist artists like Dali, Magritte, and others... Eve These photo-collages became more sophisticated and I started to exhibit them in cafés, cultural centers and

都會隨時攜帶一本小筆記本，可以用來寫下

galleries. Not much after I decided to build a portfolio

我的突發奇想或突然浮現在腦海中的影像。

and go to see art directors. I had an immediate positive

dpi：How did you start to create illustrations? What’s the power or influence make you insist on your art career? before I was in my twenties. I did a few oil paintings then

當這些照片拼貼作品越來越成熟之後，我開

simple. I used a pair of scissor and glue for many years

rything that was surrealist at that time.

我還是超現實藝術的狂熱粉絲，但現在生活

I always was attracted by art but didn’t really started

義。

my medium. At the beginning my collages were very

but soon discovered the medium of photo-collages. I was amazed by the surreal imagery than could be created using a few “cut-outs” from photos; I had found

answer so I simply pursued my career since then.

I am still a big fan of surrealist art but now I am influenced by everything around me, in my life. I carry a little notebook on me all the time in which I write down ideas for pictures that spontaneously pop-up in my mind; all kind of things to remember for later when I’ll be in my studio.

Pierre-Paul Pariseau

超現實拼貼藝術家 他是達利和雷內•馬格利特的信徒，蛋黃會微笑、小狗在看報、雞情侶甜蜜的在擁抱，他畫中的 世界彷彿是在異次元中噴發的霓虹火山，顏色鮮明、對比強烈；畫中細節豐富有趣，常常令人 在發現的過程中既驚奇又驚喜。

Pierre-Paul Pariseau Pierre-Paul Pariseau結合多媒材的影像創作 曾被刊登在多本雜誌、報紙、書本封面、海 報、卡片、CD和童書上，同時他也長期在廣

book covers, posters, cards, CDs and a children book.

He has been working in advertising also.

Clients include : Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest,

告界工作。他的客戶包括：華爾街日報、讀

Ottawa magazine, Ottawa Citizen (newspaper), World

Citi-

Music Network, 2ndsight Records, Bell TV, and many

者文摘英文版、渥太華雜誌、Ottawa

zen報紙等。曾獲得的獎項包括：紐約插畫協 會入選、C.A.P.I.C. (Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communication)和入選英國最佳插畫等。作品在

many more. lar contributor to many publications.

Awards include : The Society of Illustrators (N.Y.), C.A.P.I.C. (Canadian Association of Photographers

美國、英國、荷蘭和葡萄牙等地皆可看到，

and Illustrators in Communication), RSVP competitions

目前Pierre-Paul Pariseau居住在加拿大蒙特

(Brooklyn, N.Y.), Images (Best of British Illustration) and

婁。 Email pierrepaulpariseau@videotron.ca

Pierre-Paul Pariseau’s mixed media images have been

Website http://pierrepaulpariseau.com

published in numerous magazines and newspapers; on

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Throughout his career he has been periodically a regu-

Semi-Permanent 2008 (Australia).

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A time

Client／personal artwork Year／ 005 02 Pierre-Paul Pariseau／Photograph by KOVIC PREVOST 03

Christmas beach

Client／Reader’ s Digest magazine Year／ 005

He is represented in the U.S.A., in the U.K., in Holland and in Portugal.

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The kid

Client／personal artwork Year／ 005

He currently lives in Montreal.

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Money tree

Client／Greeting card (yoodoo.com) Year／ 004

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來自異次元的霓紅火山 | Pierre-Paul Pariseau 超現實拼貼藝術家

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每次都要使自己驚喜 在我的職業生涯中，我創作過很多種 主題。對於每一種主題，我都會投入相同的熱 情，以我的方式去做出最好的作品。我尤其熱 愛作品的最後結果可以讓自己驚喜，無論是受 委託的案子或是個人作品。 我認為個人的作品系列是非常重要的，因為你 可以讓自己到達想像力的最深處。你可以實驗

dpi：What theme is your interest? Why do you love it?

All along my career I have done pictures on many many themes. I get into every subject with the same passion; the passion to do the best picture possible, my own way.

片（稍微分成動物、嘴巴、眼睛、魚、手和植 物等等類別）。當然為作品收集而來的紙片都 必須和委託案的主題有關，有些因為剛開始看

I especially love it when I can surprise myself with the

起來並不搭配而先被放在一旁，但卻有可能在

final result, in commissioned works as in personal ones.

創作時加入後，才發現可以帶來非常有趣的效

I believe that the personal projects are very important

果。而如果是個人作品，我就會收集任何我喜

because you can let yourself go completely in the

歡的素材、片段之後，在創作過程中再賦予意

depths of your imagination. You can experiment with

義。

the different technics and come out of this with interesting discoveries that can be used in commissioned works

各種不同的技巧，最後都可能會產生一些有趣

if relevant. Any theme can be treated with enthusiasm

只要一完成，我就會掃描進Photoshop裡，

且重大的新發現，能夠應用在客戶的委託案

if you keep an open mind. My personal works do not al-

一張照片一張照片的組合。通常這個時候我會

中。只要你保持一顆開放的心，任何主題都可 以用熱情來面對。我的個人作品並不一定都有 明顯的意義，有很大的空間可以自由詮釋。受 人委託的設計案所帶來的限制，對於創作理念 是很有趣的挑戰，如果想要，其中的概念也可 以是對個人做一個很好的練習。委託案和個人 作品，兩種都是藝術，可以互相餵養、互相供 給養份。

ways have clear meanings, they allow a wide space for interpretation. The constraints brought by commissioned works are an interesting challenge for the spirit, a posi-

有一個大方向，但這方向任何時候都可能會 改變。有些比較好的想法會在任何時刻突如

tive exercise that can be used in personal artworks also

其來…，且常常會如此。在整個過程中保持心

if wanted. Both “kinds” of art, the commissioned and the

胸開放是最首要的。我會替換、增加、刪除一

personal, are feeding each others.

有佛陀蝦真好！ 在創作過程方面，如果是委託案，一 開始我會先收集各種從雜誌、書本和其他素材 剪下來的片段，我有一個小盒子放滿了這些紙

些圖片，直到我得到我滿意的影像。在Photoshop中，每一個元素我都調整成帶有黑白 的強烈對比，之後我會一層一層的放入我喜歡 的顏色（單一且漸層的顏色），這樣當顏色有 時無法很完美的與第一層搭配時，我就可以輕

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Dark light Client／CD cover for ndsight Records （Artists : Richard Grassby-Lewis in collaboration with Mark Anderson） Year／ 007

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Planet rock

Client／CD cover for World Music Network Year／ 006

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Italy

Client／personal artwork Year／ 007 09

bird

Client／personal artwork Year／ 007

dpi：Would you please talk about your creating process

perfectly with the top layer.

for our readers? Would you make a draft before paint-

This new way of doing my pictures created a “new

ing? What materials or tools you usually use?

style” for me. It gives me more freedom to change the

For a commissioned illustration I start by gathering all

scanned “cut-outs” and make them more my own by

紙片因為上了我想要的顏色而更具有我自己的

kind of “cut-outs” from magazines, books, and many

not only taking them as they come but coloring them

風格。我偶爾會用Photoshop、水彩、壓克

other sources. I have small boxes full of these cut-outs

as I want. I, occasionally, add shapes created in Pho-

more or less classified (animals, mouths, eyes, fish, hands,

toshop, watercolor, acrylic paint and pen. All sorts of

plants, etc..). Of course, the pieces collected for the pic-

things not necessarily photographic.

易的拿掉。這個新的工作方法為我創造了一種 「新風格」，給予我更多的自由可以隨意變更 掃描進去的紙片，我可以讓這些掃描進電腦的

力顏料或筆創造形狀後再加入，所有的素材都 沒有逼真的必要。當我覺得作品差不多完成

ture have to be relevant with the subject of the commis-

了，我就會「讓它睡一下」，以便等下我能夠

sion although I can also put aside cut-outs that do not

When I think I am done with the illustration I “let it sleep”

make sense at the moment but are interesting enough

for a short time, to come back to it later with a “fresher

to possibly be included when creating the picture. For a

look”. I can them finish it adding small details if needed.

personal artwork I simply gather anything I like and cre-

ate a “meaning” all along the creative process.

As you can see I do not do a draft. I go right away to

回頭來看到另一個「更新的樣貌」，接著如果 需要的話，我就會再增加一些小細節上去。

the final, the medium makes it that way. The art directors

我並不畫草圖，我的創作媒材讓我可以直接一 氣呵成。那些藝術總監們總是能夠馬上理解最 後的成品，如果他們喜歡，就完成了。否則

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posing the picture piece by piece. At that point I usually have an idea where I’m going but it can change at any

就會需要更改我在Photoshop裡面的圖層，

moment. Something better can happen anytime... and

但這些修改都算容易。我真的很感謝現在有

often it does. To keep an opened mind is essential all

Photoshop可以用，以前好多年我都只用剪

I replace parts, add new ones, take out some, until I get

along the process.

刀、膠水和影印機，所要耗費的時間長多了。

the image I find satisfying. In Photoshop I apply a high

我現在可以利用電腦將事情做得更好、更快，

contrast of black and white to every elements. I then

電腦開啟了更多可能性。

Once this is done I scan everything in Photoshop, com-

put the color I like (flat or gradation) as an underneath layer, that can be moved slightly, sometimes, not to fit

always get the final artwork right away. If they like it, it’s done. Otherwise it can be changed if needed as I have the picture in layers in Photoshop. It is easy to make any modification.

I really appreciate using Photoshop. For many years I only used scissor, glue and a photocopy machine (to get things the right size, to flip them around) and it was a longer process, fastidious. I can get things done much better and faster with the computer. It opened a wide range of new possibilities.

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來自異次元的霓紅火山 | Pierre-Paul Pariseau 超現實拼貼藝術家

插畫嬉遊

最HOT的魔鬼 一件委託案，我最在乎的是能否將文

emotions, color, theme, so the viewer is touched by the

dpi：How do you gather your inspiration? What books,

composition.

movies, or images could inspire you usually?

When I do a personal artwork I often starts with “cut-

章、戲劇或是音樂等的核心表現出來。我總會

dpi：Which work is your favorite recently?

outs” that I especially like and put aside when looking

注意要維持作品的有趣和繽紛，不一定會照原

I have many favorite works recently but to take only

at magazines. Reading, watching movies, going to an

one it would be the latest one, “Wines that can take the

exhibition, walking in the city, traveling, and many other

heat”. It is an illustration, for the wine column of the Ot-

moments in life can inspire me. I write down these inspi-

tawa magazine, about which wines to drink with spicy

rational moments in my notebook. No specific kind of

平衡，這樣觀看者才能被構圖感動。最近我的

meals. The art director, Jane Corbett, suggested to show

literature, or book, or art.... everything can do it.

作品中，我有不少喜歡的，如果要選一個那就

the devil in hell eating and drinking. I liked the idea so

會是最新完成的「Wines that can take the

I went on showing the devil having a good meal with

dpi：What talent or power you envy or desire to have

wine, surrounded by flames. To give the picture a funny

very much?

edge and make it more dramatic I decided to put the

The power to have more time in one day. Unfortunately

food and the table in fire also. The high contrast of B/W

there are only 24 hours in a day.

文的字面去詮釋。無論是在委託案或是個人作 品中，我都試著保持情緒、顏色、主題之間的

heat」這件作品。這是件為渥太華雜誌的酒 專欄所做的插畫，內容是關於那一種酒搭配辛 辣食物最好。藝術總監Jane

Corbett建議我

and the vivid colors are typical of my new style. dpi：To you, what’s the best moment of a day?

表現惡魔在地獄中大吃大喝的情況。我很喜

dpi：So far, which work could most represent your cur-

The morning, but all day is great when you do what you

歡這個點子，所以我就畫了惡魔正配著酒在

rent style?

love most.

吃大餐的樣子，周圍都環繞著火。為了讓畫 面有一種好笑且戲劇性的感覺，我決定讓食物 和桌子也在熊熊烈火中。強烈的黑白對比和鮮 明的顏色就是我新風格中的典型特色。在此次 採訪中，你們看到的大部分作品都是完成自 005年開始，屬於我的新風格。在我的新舊

Most works done since 2005 represent my current style.

Before I wasn’t manipulating the image as much in Photoshop. I had a short period of transition where I was between my previous style and my new one.

24小時都愛在創作 閱讀、看電影、逛展覽、在城市裡四處

風格之間有一小段時間是過渡期。在之前，沒

走走、旅遊等，生活中的許多時刻都能夠啟發

有Photoshop的時候我一直都未能像現在將

我，平常我就會將靈感記在筆記本裡。一天只有

影像運用的如此自如。

dpi：What’s your dream or plan now?

I am planning, when I get more time, to re-design my website, to do a children book with my own story, and learn to put my pictures in motion. When I will have achieved this I suppose there will be more dreams and plans in my head... so I take it a day at the time.

4小時，但如果可以，我真希望我有讓一天的時 間變多的能力。我正在計畫之後當我有較多的時

dpi：What details of your works do you care the most?

間，我就會重新設計我的網站，還有用自己的故

What elements do you emphasis the most (emotion,

事創作一本童書。我也想學著讓我的圖片可以成

color, theme…etc.)?

On a commission my main concern is to show clearly

我還會有更多的夢想和計畫在我的腦海中。對我

Going in that direction during the creative process I

來說一天中最美好的時刻是早晨，但當你做著你

and not necessarily too literal. In every work (personal

熱愛的事情時，一整天都會是很棒的。

and commissioned) I try to keep a balance between

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為動畫，當我完成了以上這些夢想，我猜到時候

the core of the article, the play, the musical piece, etc... always have in mind to keep the picture fun, colorful,

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圖片影像資料來源由 Pierre-Paul Pariseau 提供 責任編輯：翁韶懃 美術編輯：張上祐

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Wines that can take the heat Client／Ottawa magazine Year／ 007

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Waiting for Marcello

Client／Personal artwork chosen for the Big Book of Fashion Illustration 007 Year／ 005

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