Artist statement: Plumply ripe fruit in vibrant colours. Fruit with titles exuding sensuality. Fruit that rises into feverish tangos against backdrops of timelessness: lascivious dance; provocative; willing or reluctant; tender and endearing; one-night whims. Charest’s works touch, charm and seduce, appealing to us by suggesting our moods and our very ways of being—an evocative discourse that bears fruit.