orn in Montreal (1947), Louise Falstrault has been a resident of "La Petite- Nation" (Outaouais-Laurentides region) since 1969. A self-taught artist, she started painting at 12 years old when her father offered her a paint and brush set. In 1995, she decided to devote all her time to painting and created her own studio. Group exhibitions, solo exhibitions, and prizes soon followed.
She is actively promoting visual arts in her area and is a member of many associations.
«I paint everything I like», a say that is translated in her nature lanscapes by the strong contrast in colors. All year round, her passion is at work.
Wind, water, mountain and forest all live inside me. My painting is a long journey in the depths of nature with some forays in the inhabited world. It enables me to go back to the landscape in complete freedom, to see its grandness, its peacefulness and its wild beauties.
The contrast and the intensity of the colours in her oil paintings reveal, by the movement and the stoke of her brush or knife, all the mysteries of the wild forests, the flow of the rivers and the spirit of the streams.
Being inspired by the enchanted landscapes of the beautiful touristic aera, her works have been exibited in Vermont and Massachussetts. They are part of many public and private art collections in Europe, United States and Canada and can be admired in different galleries
ée à Montréal en 1947, Louise Falstrault est une autodidacte qui a peint ses premières toiles dès l'âge de douze ans, après que son père lui ait offert un ensemble de tubes et de pinceaux parce qu'elle avait gagné un prix de gouache à l'école.
Depuis trente-cinq ans, elle demeure à Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix, dans la Petite-Nation, en Outaouais.
Entourée d'un plateau de champs de pommes de terre qui offre des couchers de soleil sans pareil et de plantations de pins rouges qui l'inspirent, elle peint le plus souvent son environnement, à la recherche d'atmosphères.
Bien qu'elle ait voyagé à travers le Canada, la Nouvelle-Angleterre et aux États-Unis (Rocheuses et bord de mer), et qu'elle en revient avec bon nombre d'impressions qui se traduisent parfois en peinture, c'est encore tout près de chez elle qu'elle trouve ses élans du coeur, affectionnant tout particulièrement les paysages encore sauvages et les rivières discrètes de sa région.
