Philip Bouchard

About a year ago, we visited a small exhibition of paintings by Philip Bouchard. He is a living surrealist, specialising in detailed imaginary landscapes. As it was the last day of the exhibition, Bouchard himself was wandering around, looking more like a businessman in a dark charcoal suit, with white shit and thin red tie. He looks his age, mid-fifties, with round-framed glasses and worn face, and a slightly worried air about him.

Bouchard lives in Bath, so many local buildings are incorporated inti his paintings, but set in Mediterranean or other exotic locations. This lends them a dreamlike, mystic quality that can be studied for hours, especially with the detail that he has included in the works.

http://www.bouchardpaintings.com/exhib_pic_03.html

We were so impressed by his work that I tried to find a poster or reproduction of his work as a Christmas present for Moonface, but none were available anywhere.