Born in Chicoutimi,in the Saguenay, Claude Tremblay spent her childhood in Quebec City, and for the past 20 years made her home in Portneuf.
Her painting "career" began when she was invited by Gaby Lamothe to participate at the Painting Symposium in La Mauricie, where artists were required to paint for several hours in front of the public.She was further spurred by a meeting with Louis Desaulniers, a "master of colours" she says,who teaches at Grand-Mere.
At no loss for creative ideas, Ms.Tremblay starts her paintings directly on the canvas, without sketching first or working from photos. Her art is figurative with some abstract elements. Apart from her several still lifes, her works show a fascination with trees and light. But her trees aren't always green. She experiments with colours-blues, purples, reds, transformed by the interplay of light among tree trunks.
She's profilic, producing some 20 paintings a month, with outstanding success in galleries.