Emmanuel Ronald Bertrand created his first portrait at the age of twelve.  From that first tentative drawing, he developed a fascination for the arts that continues today. In early eighties he attended the Sisters of St. Ann art classes in Haiti, where he learned the basic structure of human posture and started portraiture. He enjoyed art lesson, that he started teaching the neighborhoods kids what he was learning, by creating his own painting class on his mother’s kitchen table. In Mid-eighties, while participating in a group study in high school he helped an architect student completing an assignment, there he fell in love with architecture.  

After completing his high school, he migrated to the US and studied architecture. Bertrand is a graduate architect who produces art between architectural projects.  He worked in several firms in Miami and Atlanta.  He completed several projects throughout the southeastern of united stated and hold a general contractor license.

His work is an exploration of the endless nuances of expression found in the human face and a study of the infinite posturing of the human body adapted to these nuances.  For Bertrand, each creation is an emotional endeavor that produces a stunning piece of work.

 He freely experiments with various art mediums and differing subject matter to escape to a world where life is reduced to pigment and the size of his canvas. He works at his craft in taking workshops with artist such as Damon Carter, Shane McDonald, Christian Sajous. 

Bertrand currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his lovely wife and their two daughters.