INTO THE ARCTIC:

PAINTING CANADA’S CHANGING NORTH

Hardcover Coffee Table Book

 

Foreword by The Honourable Patricia Bovey, FRSA, FCMA, Senator Manitoba

 

Availability: September 28, 2021 (in stores October)
Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
Book Dimensions: 11.72 in. x 10.75 in.
Printed in Canada
304 Pages
$75

 

By Cory Trépanier

With Todd Wilkinson

 

Into the Arctic: Painting Canada’s Changing North features perhaps the most ambitious body of artwork ever devoted to the Far North of Canada. Cory Trépanier journeyed to the Arctic five times between 2006 and 2018, travelling more than 60,000 kilometres to visit over a dozen Inuit communities and six national parks, sketching and painting en plein air the stunning landscapes he encountered. The result is an awe-inspiring portrait of the breathtaking lands and waters that have sustained the Inuit for countless generations—and are now experiencing tremendous changes that will affect the entire planet.

 

This gorgeous volume features over 120 paintings, as well as several dozen sketches and photos that document both the process and adventure behind the works. Alongside this vivid imagery are engaging essays that offer insight into Cory’s inspirations and artistic evolution, as well as the challenges facing a warming North. This collection brings home to readers Cory’s unforgettable vision of an evocative land that few southerners may have the privilege to visit, and conveys the urgency with which we must act to protect it for generations to come.

 

Includes contributions by Billy Arnaquq, of Nunavut Experience Outfitting Services; Robert Bateman; Senator Patricia Bovey; Senator Margaret Dawn Panigyak Anderson; Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario; Wade Davis; John Geiger, CEO, The Royal Canadian Geographic Society; Ron Hallman, President and CEO of Parks Canada, and Dr. Mauri Pelto, director of the North Cascades Glacier Climate Project.

  • “Cory Trépanier captures the steadfast beauty of northerly worlds we know to be threatened. This is purity on the brink, an aesthetic as fragile and reverential as the inner life of a polar bear.”

    Michael Charles Tobias, author, filmmaker, and President of the Dancing Star Foundation

  • “The Canadian Arctic is hands-down spectacular―as are Cory Trépanier’s loving and accurate paintings. Like the Arctic, his art is boundless.”

    Robert Bateman

  • “Cory has demonstrated that when you combine adventure and a paintbrush, the possibilities are endless.”

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at the Canadian premiere of the Into the Arctic exhibition, 2018

  • “INTO THE ARCTIC — a symphony of seascapes, landscapes, glaciers and sea ice — is a love letter to northern Canada. Every word and brush stroke speaks to us about empathy, eloquence and endurance.”

    Dr. Joe MacInnis, physician-scientist, explorer and author

  • "Cory Trépanier has captured the beauty, magic and power of the Arctic with his masterful brush, delivering us its pure essence."

    Survivorman Les Stroud

  • “Many visitors to the Arctic view the entire encounter through the lens of a camera, as I witnessed on a recent journey when a fellow passenger boasted of snapping 16,000 frames in a fortnight. The art of Cory Trépanier serves as an inspiring and reassuring antidote to this photographic frenzy. Each painting emerges from a moment of silent contemplation, allowing the artist to hear the whispered messages of the landscape and sense a spirit of place that comes alive in each of his stunning portraits. It’s a polar world he has come to know so well, and into which he invites us in this stunningly beautiful book.”

    Wade Davis

  • "In order for things to change, we need to touch hearts as much as minds. That is why I believe Cory Trépanier’s paintings are so valuable: they make it possible to share emotions, fears, and hopes, making the challenges which can be accessed through them concrete and immediate. His art enables each reader to be convinced of the need to protect the Arctic regions."

    HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco

  • “Like some of the great figures in polar exploration history, Cory Trépanier combines the courage and adventurousness of an explorer with the exacting skill and powerful creative vision of an artist."

    John Geiger, CEO, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

INTO THE ARCTIC Custom Book Branding
Have a company, valued clients, or really big circle of friends and family? We can create customized, branded quantities of INTO THE ARCTIC books for you. Share the wonder of the Arctic and make an impression that will last for years to come, starting with quantities as low as 50 books. Email us to explore at oils@trepanieroriginals.com

LIMITED DELUXE ART EDITION

Availability: Fall 2021
$750

This special edition will feature a new original art print by Cory, signed and number matched to each book.

 

Other highlights of the Deluxe Art Edition include:
– Edition is limited to 500
– Pre-Order to reserve edition number or select your preferred #.
– Packaged in a handsome clamshell box
– Makes a wonderful family, corporate or collector’s gift

 

The Arctic is a place where remoteness no longer offers the protection it once did from an uncertain future that will impact us all. For generations to come, INTO THE ARCTIC will celebrate the wonder of our North through Cory’s brushstrokes, preserving this changing land on canvas. A land that has inspired Cory, and that by adding to your collection, will inspire you too.

 


NOTE: Rendering shows sample art.