Jean-Luc Grondin is Québec's most celebrated wildlife artist. He was born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Québec on November 20, 1938. When he was young he loved to draw; especially birds and nature. Today he is considered one of Canada's best wildlife artists. His reputation is now international. From 1995-1996 Grondin joined fellow Canadian wildlife artists Robert Bateman, George McLean, Brent Townsend and Michael Dumas at an exposition of Canadian wildlife art in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. From 1953-1957 Grondin attended the Québec School of Fine Arts. In 1964 he was hired by the Zoological Gardens in Québec City as a graphic artist where he worked until 1974. Grondin illustrated some birding books and became more immersed in his love of painting birds. In 1976 Grondin sold his first of many paintings, Barn Swallows, to the Canadian Nature Museum in Ottawa. His paintings were commissioned by corporations, Canada Post (1986), the Québec Wildlife Foundation (1988) and Wildlife Habitat Canada (1989). Many of Grondin's paintings have been reproduced as limited edition prints - and have found collectors from around the world.