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Lucie Bilodeau was born in May 1967.
Canadian by birth, she now lives with her husband in the United States, in
Massachusetts, where she paints full-time.
Her interest in art started at the age of 7. At 14, she became
a student of Mission:
Renaissance School in Montreal, Canada, to be taught the traditional fine art skills. There she
took a series of 6 courses. Among these was an in
depth study of the masters: Rembrandt, Monet, Manet, Cezanne and Fantin Latour.
(See
Reproductions of the Masters)
Lucie has distinguished herself by competing
for 6 years in the "Cercle des Artistes Peintres du Quebec National visual
art competitions". By the age of 23, she had won 8 national
awards. Also by that age, she won 2 International awards at the
International Art Guild Competition in Florida. The International Art
Guild was founded in Scotland. |
In 1995 Lucie was one of the judges for
the 11th Annual Judged Show of the Marathon Art Guild, in Florida. Four
years later, Lucie was one of the three judges for the Pigeon Key Foundation's Fifth
Annual Pigeon Key Art Festival, in Florida.
Lucie had her work exhibited in the
Key West Art and Historical Museum, for the "Women in Art" exhibit, in 2000 and 2001.
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2002, the artist took her first trip to Africa to study the
wildlife of Africa in their natural habitat. She
visited the Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area and Crater, the Serengeti National Park, the Lake Manyara
National Park and the Arusha National Park. The trip
yielded stunning images of lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras,
cheetahs and more. |
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The artist’s painting “Young
Lion” was featured on the cover of the Wildlife Art magazine,
March/April 2003 edition. |
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She is also featured
in the fine art market guide Le Guide Vallee of Canada, the MAGAZIN'Art
Biennial Guide to Canadian Artists in Galeries and the national
canadien publication Cent Vingt du Cercle des Artistes
Peintres du Quebec. Additionally, she has been featured in Wildlife
Art, Sporting Classics, ARTnews, Manhattan Arts, Living Artists, Aging Successfully, The
National Bulletin and Focus (The Luxury Lifestyle Magazine of South
Florida).
Many of her works can be found in private
collections around the globe, including England, France, Germany, Japan, Australia,
United States and Canada. Lucie is a founding artist of Joy Gallery, Key
West, Florida, where she began displaying her work in 1992.
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The
artist at Animals of Montana (www.animalsofmontana.com) with a wolf cub. |
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www.natureartists.com |
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