Nathalie Montel

She initially studied art at Ateliers de Font Blanche in Nîmes, including painting, sculpture, and jewelry making. She then went to Paris to pursue a degree in Arts Plastiques at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Since 2004, she has run her own art studio in Anduze, balancing her creative work with teaching. She teaches painting and drawing, and also holds exhibitions and public events in her studio. Since 2006, she has collaborated with several galleries, participated in numerous exhibitions, and had her work displayed and sold. She is a member of the "Maison des Artistes" (Artist Association).

Nathalie Montel's work frequently employs mixed-media techniques, such as paper collage, acrylic painting, graphite or black stone/graphite pen, and the use of knives and brushes. These techniques give her works both a vibrant color palette and a sense of line and composition. In her work, color and drawing (lines, delineations) coexist as two dimensions; she pursues harmony of color, a sense of texture, and overlapping of color patches, while also emphasizing the vitality of lines, patterns, scratches/hachures, and other compositional elements.

Montel draws inspiration from daily life, feelings, human movements, bouquets, and landscapes; female figures frequently appear in her paintings, often being "magnified" and "beautified." Her paintings often possess a poetic atmosphere, transforming everyday moments into visual expressions imbued with a sense of dreamlike beauty, hope, and warmth.

Overall, her works convey optimism, color, and vitality. Even with seemingly light subjects (such as celebrations, children, everyday scenes, and flowers), her paintings often possess emotional depth and structural tension. Viewers can feel the interplay of light, color, and emotion in her paintings.

Nathalie Montel is an artist who skillfully combines color and line, sensibility and form. Her work does not pursue strict realism, but rather leans towards a "poetic reinterpretation of reality"—transforming ordinary moments of life into visually and emotionally intertwined images through the use of technique and materials. She enjoys a stable position in the art world, is quite well-known in southern France, and is beloved by collectors and art enthusiasts alike.