About the Artist

Nicolas Bouteneff is essentially a self taught artist. Love of nature, a passion for the colors, and the desire to capture the beauty of spaces around him, have put him in a deeper search for creativity and inspiration on dynamics of light.

He grew up in France on a farm. Walking to school with his brother in all different seasons, they crossed many lovely orchards, pastures, woods, and streams. During summers, they went climbing in the Alps, swimming in the Atlantic Ocean near Biarritz, or visiting the center of France, which remains much as it has been during the medieval ages.  This exposure to the outdoors gave him a profound attachment of all aspects of nature.

Repeated visits to major galleries in various capitals in Europe and the US, taught him to appreciate the creativity of the great masters.

He attended a studio under the guide of Shishka Bogush in London for a year. He also took art courses at the City
University of New York.

He paints in oils mostly still life, and landscapes en plein air.  Occasionally he may shift to watercolors and acrylics. He is very active with the Plein Air Painters of New York of which he is a member. He attended a week long workshop with Stephen Quiller, in Acadia, Main.  Currently, he attends the Art Students League in NY, under Gregg Kreutz.

Exhibits

2007 Saddle River Church Art Show, NJ
2008 Apollo Gallery, Nyack, NY
2009 New City Library, NY
2010 Ecology Art Show, Dominican College, NY
2010 RiverWings Gallery, Beacon, NY