About

Artist Nancy Desrosiers was born and grew up in Victoriaville, Quebec, a small city north east of Montreal. An only child, Nancy grew up listening to all kinds of music, and learned English by listening to Bon Jovi records; one of her aunts took her to her first Bon Jovi concert in 1986, and she fell in love with going to concerts. Her drive to do things her own way may have resulted in not finishing assignments in her high school Arts Class, but it also nurtured her natural talent and brought it shining through.

Nancy moved to Montreal in 1999 to take a 3D animation course, and in 2004 she went to see a Canadian band called the Trews; she was very impressed with their stage presence and energy. She had taken her 35 mm camera with her to take photos just for fun, and liked some of her shots, but the perfectionist in her wanted to do better. She discussed better cameras with a friend and bought her first Canon Rebel. Then she took a trip to Nova Scotia to see the Trews play and lead singer Colin MacDonald told her he liked her photos, that she never posted bad pictures of the band. At that point she decided to pursue a career in photography, taking photos at whatever show she could. She worked for The Portal Magazine online as graphic designer with many of her photos being used for their articles, had some of her photos be nominated for and win awards, and has amassed an impressive portfolio of a variety of internationally famous bands taken in North America and the UK.

She has been drawing since she was a small child, and in 2004 she also started painting; worried that adding color to her drawings would mess them up but bored with just drawing, she took a weekend course with a well-known Quebec painter to learn how to mix paint. At the end she still hadn’t put anything on her canvas and, not really understanding the course, she went home and learned how to paint on her own. Today members of the Trews own paintings she has done of them, and she continues to paint her stunningly realistic portraits. Recently she placed second and third in the American Art Awards 2009 with two of her paintings in the Portrait of Someone Not Famous division.