Dumontier Nathalie | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Dumontier Nathalie
- France
Painter
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A quote from the poet Louis Aragon: "There is no light without shade."
Nathalie developed two passions in her youth : sports and painting. In the beginning she focused on sports (professional sports and lifeguarding), but after founding a family, she returned to her first love : painting. While taking her daughter to a drawing class, she found herself enrolling in an adult program at the Museum of Fine Arts in Chartres where she discovered a sense of unparalleled freedom.
Exhibiting her first painting confirmed her decision: the need to create had become essential. In 2006 she left her job in order to devote herself entirely to her passion.
As she observes her children’s lifestyle, Natalie is surprised by the lack of real communication in the virtual world. The electronics discretely embedded in her work are nods to the modern life that she mocks.
Initially, Nathalie's paintings were figurative, but gradually became more abstract. Nathalie uses an acrylic knife to apply splashes of colour to the blank canvas, that she then covers with oil painting that she chooses for its smoothness. She scratches, scrapes and searches, constantly constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing. She plays determinedly with contrast, shadow and light.
Steeped in the atmosphere of Chartres, where she lives, Nathalie also works in stained glass, which allows her to develop her creativity and technique. She brings the same subject matter to her stained glass windows as she does to her painting. The technique is different, but the approach is decidedly the same. And the two expressions are complementary...
- 2019Participation in the Asia Contemporary Art ShowHong Kong, China
- 2010Participation in the Carrousel du Louvre Shopping Art FairParis, France
- 1999Attends art classes at the Museum of Fine ArtsChartres, France
- 1964BirthChâteauneuf-en-Thymerais, France
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96 Artworks
Dumontier Nathalie
Les yeux embrumés
80 x 80 cm2.100 €Dumontier Nathalie
Retenir son souffle
100 x 100 cm3.050 €Dumontier Nathalie
Colore ta vie
80 x 80 cm2.100 €Dumontier Nathalie
un formidable été
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
Puis dans la campagne
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
loin de tout
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
les jours d'automne
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
En rêvant
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
J'écoute le silence
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
à l'année prochaine
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
se faire à l'idée
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
Ne pas se retourner
19 x 19 cm180 €Dumontier Nathalie
coup de tonnerre
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
un goût de voyage
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
juste le silence
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
Cette belle lumière
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
Tout est si calme
50 x 50 cm1.150 €Dumontier Nathalie
tourbillon
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
Si loin de toi
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
Y'a de l'amour
80 x 80 cm2.100 €Dumontier Nathalie
Que la lumière de l'aurore
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
ciel doré
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
Un long et épais silence
40 x 120 cm1.650 €Dumontier Nathalie
derrière le brouillard
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
Un peu de fluo
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
Je me souviens
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
Ce long silence
25 x 25 cm280 €Dumontier Nathalie
les merveilles de la vie
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
Lueur à l'horizon
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
Comme un rêve
80 x 80 cm2.100 €Dumontier Nathalie
Rien d'Impossible
100 x 100 cm3.050 €Dumontier Nathalie
elle chante la mer
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
Le temps se compte
50 x 50 cm1.150 €Dumontier Nathalie
Après la pluie
13 x 13 cm110 €Dumontier Nathalie
ça sent l'herbe coupée
36 x 36 cm480 €Dumontier Nathalie
Souffle chaud
13 x 13 cm110 €