Career
He is also the creator of three films documenting his extensive painting journeys: Into The Arctic II, Into The Arctic and A Painter’s Odyssey. After graduating from Humberview Secondary School in Bolton, Ontario, Cory went on to study illustration at Sheridan College for four years. The ensuing decade saw Cory freelance as an illustrator, creating paintings for numerous advertising agencies, magazines and government organizations, including the National Capital Commission, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
In 1997, Trepanier’s career began to shift from commercial illustration to the pursuit of his fine art: painting the Canadian landscape in oils.
In 2001, Trepanier launched his Coast To Canvas Project. This led to the Coast To Canvas Exhibition Tour in 2004 consisting of over thirty oil paintings and a one-hour documentary called A Painter’s Odyssey, Cory and Janet’s first film.
In 2006, Trepanier launched Into The Arctic Project: An Artist’s Journey to the North, a multi-year painting project that has seen him undertake three extensive painting/filming expeditions to the Canadian Arctic. He is developing an unprecedented collection of fifty original oil paintings of the Arctic, including a 15 foot wide by 5.5 foot high canvas called Great Glacier, which will become one of the largest oil paintings ever from the Canadian Arctic.
In addition to sharing his experiences through online video journals, photography, writing, public speaking and the media, Cory has also created two films from his Arctic project: Into The Arctic, and Into The Arctic II, which have been broadcast on numerous networks including Canadian Broadcasting Company Documentary, HIFi, Bravo, Canal Doctorate, APTN, SCN, CLT and on selected networks internationally.
In 2009, Trepanier became a Fellow of The Explorers Club. In 2012, Trepanier became a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
