Nathalie Picoulet, 1968 | Dreams in pastel

French figure painter Nathalie Picoulet was born in Amiens, France.

After displaying an early talent for drawing, she studied the history of Art and Design before deciding to pursue a full-time career as an artist in pastels.

Since her entrance into the world of pastels, she has been doing portraits, landscapes, and seascapes. Eventually, she discovered the subject that has brought her the greatest fame and acclaim: the female figure.

Recognized as beautiful, delicate, and sublime, Nathalie’s female figures in pastel are unique in their perspective.

While female figure paintings have in the past been a subject primarily painted by men, Nathalie takes them as her subject unapologetically and with a purpose.

She seeks to represent the female figure positively and honestly.

In 2005, she was named Master Pastelliste by the Society of Pastellistes of France, who also had exhibited her work in Paris in 2004.

Nathalie Picoulet, 1968 | Dreams in pastel / Debussy

Fearless in her search for truth via pastel, Nathalie wants the world to recognize that the female figure is a subject the depth of which is comparable to even the loftiest of subjects.

She does not flinch in the face of difficult decisions, moving forward like someone who knows where she is going, confident in her abilities and in the solidity of what she is attempting to communicate.

Her distinction in pastels is just as much a credit to her bravery as an artist as it is to her technical ability.

Nathalie Picoutlet has developed a following for her depictions of the female form with light on skin, fluid drapery, but above all, the femininity and the unpretentious beauty of her models.