Nathanael Provis has always loved the scenery of his South Island home.  Born in Christchurch in 1976, he soon took a strong interest in New Zealand’s beautiful snow-capped mountains, lakes, native bush, and waterfalls.  As a young child, he enjoyed drawing scenes on paper and cardboard, often using colour pencils, crayons, and even felt-tip pens.

It wasn’t until relatively recently that Nathanael decided to take up a serious career as a landscape artist.  After finishing school he initially worked as a greenstone carver, and then went on to start his own bone-carving business before commencing a concert series and recording several CDs as a pianist.

Today Nathanael uses high-permanence oil paint and stretched canvas as preferred mediums.  He enjoys taking time out to explore and photograph mountain scenery both in N.Z. and overseas, and has also painted in the U.K. and Canada.   Largely self-taught, Nathanael has a deep passion for the traditional styles of landscape painting and is greatly influenced by the local and international masters of Realism and Luminism. 

Many of his original works, featuring distant rugged peaks, glistening snows, and tranquil lakes can be found in private collections throughout New Zealand, and other parts of the world.  His numbered collections of works include:  The “Deep South” series, the “My Canterbury” series, the “My Kind of N.Z.” series, the “Man & Nature” series, and more recently, the contemporary “Landfall” series.