Yukon artist Nathalie Parenteau pulls from the artistic tradition of her French-Canadian origins and from Indigenous culture in her popular paintings about Canada’s North.
Above: A Little North of Bethlehem / Below: Arctic Holy Night
These works are all about Christmas. But the Montreal born artist, now based in Whitehorse, covers a wide variety of topics, including the environment and nature.
Below, Left: pa-ra-pa-pum-pum, her take on the Little Drummer Boy and Right: Drummer
Nathalie Parenteau works in both acrylics and oils. She incorporates her engaging, stylized interpretations of French Canadian and Indigenous culture into pieces ranging from note cards, to large-scale murals.
She is a well known muralist. Above, one of her creations at Tahkini Arena. Titled Rhythms of a Northern Town (enamel on aluminum, 64 feet x 12 feet) it was commissioned by the City of Whitehorse, Yukon.
See much more about Parenteau on her website, here.
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Beautiful and unique!
She is unique, I agree. I had not seen her work before, and that is an unusual combination . . . Inuit and French-Canadian. Always appreciate your comments. Thank you.
I appreciate you introducing me to all these new artists. It’s fun and inspiring.
Absolutely gorgeous. And their message is so beautiful.