Author: oils@trepanieroriginals.com

20" × 48", oil on linen (2010) Firth River, Ivvavik National Park, Yukon, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project Running through the oldest mountains in North America, the Firth is one of the wildest rivers on the continent. Its flow spills into...

13" × 15", oil on linen (2010) Henrietta Nesmith Glacier, Quttinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project Lake Hazen is a thermal oasis in a polar desert that receives less than 2½ centimetres of rain per year. The...

13" × 16", oil on linen (2012) Edge of Tuktut Nogait National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project At the edge of the plateau I found painting possibilities in every direction. My family and I had been travelling for...

22" × 47", oil on linen (2009) Off the Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project My family and I had been driving across Canada for almost a month on our way to the western Arctic. Turning onto the dirt...

11" × 16", oil on linen (2010) Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project An oasis in a land of rock and ice, this little pool of water was a pleasant find while exploring in Auyuittuq National...

30" × 64", oil on linen (2017) Thomsen River, Aulavik National Park, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project The most northerly navigable canoe route in North America is not a technically difficult river to paddle, but it has...

27" × 62", oil on linen (2013) Tanquary Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project Eight hundred kilometres shy of the North Pole is the austere Ellesmere Island. Here the enormity of the land, along with the clean air...

19" × 45", oil on linen (2010) Wilberforce Falls, Hood River, West of Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project One of the highest waterfalls above the Arctic Circle, Wilberforce is a hidden gem that transforms the Hood River into...

12" × 13", oil on linen (2012) Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project I found this upstanding rock while wandering around in a section of Auyuittuq National Park called, aptly enough, the “Rock Garden.” I stopped...

8" × 16", oil on linen (2019) Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada From the INTO THE ARCTIC Project An endless carpet of tundra stretched before us as we ventured though breathtaking mountains. Driving each step deep into the soil,...