Né en1959 à Montréal, Québec, Jean-louis Courteau habite maintenant les Laurentides ou il trouve une grande partie de ses sujets de prédilection.
Torrents et lacs, montagnes et sous-bois lui fournissent inspiration et paix, et à l'occasion quelques chanterelles!
Si la nature sauvage est une grande source d'ambiances à peindre; Courteau en cherche aussi ailleurs. Les voyages lui procurent rencontres et découvertes nécéssaires au renouvellement du regard.
Ainsi que le contact, le plus souvent possible, avec le monde sous-marin et ses lumieres mouvantes et silencieuses...
Born in 1959 in Montreal, Quebec, Jean-Louis Courteau now lives in the Laurentians where he finds most of his favorite subjects.
Rivers and lakes, mountains and forests provide him with inspiration and peace of mind, along with good mushroom hunting!
But if wilderness is a great source of athmospheres to paint; it's not his only one. Trips and expeditions also abound with discoveries and encounters essential to renew his perception.
And contacts as frequent as possible with the underwater world and it's silent and moving light...
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