The Union Club is privileged to be lucky enough to have three of Cory Trépanier’s original oil paintings on display in the Lobby.

Through close affiliations with The Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature, where Cory Trépanier’s exhibit “Into the Arctic” will be on display until November 3, 2019, the Club was chosen to house these three works of art. When next in the Club, please stop by the Lobby to view the three pieces of art, along with a silent video display of Cory’s first two documentaries “Into the Arctic” and “Into the Arctic II”.

OVER A DECADE IN THE MAKING!

An Exhibition of Art and Film by Canadian Painter and Filmmaker Cory
Trépanier.

Over 50 Trépanier Arctic paintings and 2 films on tour June 14 – Nov 3, 2019 at the The Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature in Victoria, British Columbia.

INTO THE ARCTIC Exhibition Tour Promo – Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature from CoryTrepanier on Vimeo.

Into the Arctic showcases over fifty original oil paintings by Canadian painter Cory Trépanier. Over a decade in the making, this traveling exhibition comprises of highlights from the most ambitious body of artwork ever dedicated to the Canadian Arctic. With a pack full of painting, filming and camping gear, Trépanier traversed over 40,000 kilometres, through six Arctic National Parks and 16 Arctic communities, exploring many more places in between, in a biosphere so remote and untouched, that most of its vast landscape has never been painted before.

Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Living Explorers by Canadian Geographic Magazine, Trépanier carries on the tradition of painting first made famous by Canada’s Group of Seven, but with the environmental concern of a contemporary artist. Contextualizing the artist’s majestic paintings is a series of Arctic films, which cinematically convey the wonder of the North while documenting his expeditions.

These experiences have created a desire in me to connect others with this remote northern wilderness through my paintings and films, with are assembled for the first time in this exhibition… I hope my work might spark awareness and conservation about Canada’s Arctic, and instil a greater appreciation and concern for the future of its ever-changing landscape.” – Cory Trépanier

The Bateman Foundation Gallery of Nature is open daily, 10am to 5pm, at 470 Belleville Street.