Paul Fournier was born in Simcoe, Ontario in 1939, and spent his early years in Hamilton. He is largely self-taught, but studied at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, and with George Wallace as a guest artist for etching at McMaster university. Fournier has travelled through Canada, England, Northern Ireland, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Florida and other regions in the Southern United States.
Paul resides and has his studio in Toronto. His work was brought to international attention through the important exhibition - 14 CANADIANS: A CRITIC'S CHOICE - which was selected by critic Andrew Hudson for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (The Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, D.C. and the group exhibition - THE NEW GENERATION: A CURATOR'S CHOICE - organised by Kenworth Moffett of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for the Andre Emmerich Gallery in New York. His paintings and graphics have been exhibited throughout Canada, the United States and Europe and are included in most major public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Tate Museum, as well as in private collections in the United States, South America and Europe.
Paul distinguished himself by producing naturalistic pen and ink drawings and etchings of subjects like insects, tree limbs, mushrooms, animals and birds. His subject-matters also include dramatic depictions of myths and legends, as well as non-representational works.
