Bio

Natalie Légère was born in Moncton, New-Brunswick, Canada, and graduated from l’Université de Moncton with a bachelor’s in Multidisciplinary Arts in 2008. Légère then focused on colourfield drawings and paintings, culminating in her triangle grids of the late 2010’s.

Légère’s paintings are a means of research within spiritual subjects. She has been practicing native spirituality for more than 20 years. Legere has been invited to live in Woodstock First Nations by her spouse Jim, they have two children together. She is from the Thunder Clan and is an adopted Member of the Mi’kmaq Bear clan. Legere is 1st degree Midewiwin, and has participated in ceremonies, as well as other cultural learning opportunities across Turtle Island.

In 2019, Legere opened a gallery in Woodstock, NB, and offered classes, this was an important period as she realized that her grids were undeniably influenced by her environment, and decided to paint her environment directly.
 

During the pandemic, Légère changed her medium to oils and her subject matter moved from non-figurative to figurative. She had many teachers during this time, notably, Dustin Neece, a former apprentice of Odd Nerdrum’s which lead to learning his philosophy and methods from his former students, as well as learning from New England Picture Painters, and Colourist schools.

Légère exhibits regularly in Eastern Canada, attends Plein Air Events, Artist Residencies, teaches, and maintains a studio practice. Current endeavours include drawing and painting from life and mixed media narrative drawings. She is an exhibiting member of Gallery 12, Moncton.