• Andre Desjardins was born in Hauterive, Quebec, Canada, on the North Shore of the St-Laurent River on March 2, 1964.

• Desjardins holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art from the University of Quebec in Montreal

• Owning a successful marketing firm with eighty-five employees created a void that painting was destined to fill, for painting affords true freedom to express and its content or subject matter is not dictated by others.

• The experience of having created hundreds of art designs for plays and movies and thousands of CD covers has provided a firm foundation for the evolution of Andre’s work and has helped to motivate him to “get out of the frame.”

• Today Andre devotes his time, energy, and passion to painting, to translating emotions into images of timeless beauty and humanity as the founder of “Visual Emotionism.”