NATHANAEL PROVIS
BIOGRAPHY
Pastel Shades, Milford Sound - from
the 'Deep South' series |
Nathanael Provis has always loved beautiful and dramatic scenery. Born in Christchurch, the capital of New Zealand's picturesque South Island, he soon took a strong interest in the surrounding landscape's dramatic snow-capped mountains, lakes, native bush, and waterfalls...
As a young child, he enjoyed drawing scenes on paper and cardboard, often using colour pencils, crayons, and even felt-tip pens... |
It wasn’t until the turn of the century that Nathanael decided to take up a serious career as a landscape artist. Today he uses high-permanence oil paint and stretched canvas, linen, and prepared board as preferred mediums.
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Winter Morning, Minchins Road - from the 'My Canterbury' series |
Trampers Paradise, Siberia Valley - from the 'My Kind of NZ' series
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He enjoys taking time out to explore and photograph mountain scenery both in N.Z. and overseas, and has also painted in the United Kingdom, U.S.A. and Canada. Largely self-taught, Nathanael has a deep passion for the traditional styles of landscape painting and is greatly influenced by the local and international masters of realism and luminism.
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Many of his original works, featuring distant rugged peaks, glistening snows, and tranquil lakes can be found in private collections throughout New Zealand, and other parts of the world. His numbered collections of works include: The "Deep South" series, the "My Canterbury" series, the "My Kind of N.Z." series, the "Man & Nature" series, and more recently, the "N.Z. in Watercolour" series, the "Moonlight Adventure" series, and the contemporary "Landfall" series. |
Storm in the Arthur Valley - from the 'Landfall' series |
Nathanael Provis with his painting "Whataroa", featuring the Whataroa River area in Westland, N.Z.
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