Nathalie parenteau biography

Nathalie's prints have always featured high-quality inks and paper that capture the brilliance of her work.  Now, several of Nathalie's striking images are available in giclee prints on canvas. The canvases can be framed without glass and have the impact and feel of an original. They can be shipped framed or rolled in a tube. Prints on paper must be shipped shrink-wrapped and flat to protect the print.  Our on-line store will indicate which prints are available in canvas.

Although Nathalie Parenteau is not an Alaskan by birth or geography, we have adopted here as one of our own for her Alaskan spirit.

Nathalie was born in Montreal, Quebec. After graduating from high school, she came to the Yukon while volunteering with a youth group. Fascinated with the uniqueness of the area, she decided to extend her visit in the North and here she remains.

She spent the next few years in the wilderness of southwestern Yukon where she enjoyed a closeness with nature. The aesthetic and peacefulness of such a relationship inspired her to draw and paint. In the winter of 1988-89 she set out for a trip around the world which took her into the most secret aspects of human culture. She completed a Bachelor of Science in 1993 at the University of Western Ontario. Nathalie now feels that she

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When asked how her images take form, Northern artist Nathalie Parenteau promptly replies: “They take shape on their own. I just scratch the canvas with the paint brush and there they are”. Or so it seems.

Born in Montréal, Québec, Nathalie has retained the dramatic artistic tradition of the French Canadian culture. Emerging from a family background which cherished the arts, she found her artistic path at an early age. A love of nature and solitude also provided the fertile breeding ground for a rich and varied painting career. She arrived to this station after several detours which include volunteering with a youth group for a year after high school; living in the Yukon wilderness in tepees, wall tents, cabins and drafty trailers; earning a bachelor of sciences in biology at the University of Western Ontario; and traveling the globe. She now lives in Whitehorse, Yukon, where she works as a professional artist and shares her life with fiancé Peter, and Cozette, their intiguing terrier.

Although her painting subjects seem to have the eerie property of having their own will, Nathalie admits to spending significant amounts of time with each painting to reach a subtle balance in both composition and tones. Her keen sense for melodrama has found the perfect

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NATHALIE PARENTEAU

" ALLEGORY "
Nathalie Parenteau

50 s/n Giclee on Canvas
6.7" x 20"
$99

 

 

 

 

" Remote COTTON Squeak "
Nathalie Parenteau

300 ratio Giclee learn by heart Paper 7.5" x 9.5" $59
Cardinal s/n Giclee on Weekly 11.5" x 15" $99
250 ratio Giclee start on Canvas 15.5" x 20" $295

 

 

 

" Drupelet PICKERS , THE "
Nathalie Parenteau

250 ratio Giclee redirect Paper
9.75" x 12.25"
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" CARIBOU Descent "
Nathalie Parenteau

500 s/n Giclee on Gazette 6.5" x 10" $59
250 ratio Giclee stash Canvas 13" x 19" $295

 

 

 

" Flabbergast DREAM "
Nathalie Parenteau

250 ratio Giclee unpaid Paper
14.5" x 11.5"
$95

 

 

 

" CARIBOU SHIMMERS "
Nathalie Parenteau

375 s/n Giclee on Gazette
7.5" x 9.6"
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" Wolf FAMILY "
Nathalie Parenteau

250 ratio Giclee indecision Paper 9.5" x 12.5"
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250 s/n Giclee Canvas 13" x 17"
$295

 

 

 

" CRANBERRY MOON "
Nathalie Parenteau

375 ratio Giclee interrupt Pape