Aurore Boréale, Résultat de l'Explosion, Solaire du 5 mars 2012 (Northern lights, March 5, 2012) acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72 inches, signed lower right, titled on frame verso. Jérémie Giles was born in Massachusetts. At the age of 18, he created two large murals in California...and then far away from the Golden Coast, Giles moves to Baie Comeau (Québec). With prominent friends, he created a magnificent art centre: art workshops, speaker series, music, exhibitions, etc., are part of the generous curriculum. Giles has had more than fifty solo exhibitions...5,500 paintings, 1,300 portraits, his sculptures are mostly bronzes representing 45 personalities in Québec, Ontario and New-Brunswick (including one of Gilles Vignault and Brian Mulroney). He also established two centres for Earth Sciences studies..."his heart juggling between the arts and nature"...today, Giles is still active at the age of 94.