Annick Bouvattier
Her father, a paediatrician and art lover, passed on to her from her early childhood his passion for painting.
In 1982, after passing her school-leaving certificate with a
science major, she broke away from the family tradition of studying
medecine to enrol at the "Berçot - Marie Rucki" school of fashion where,
for two years, she trained as a stylist. Her works were then presented
in Paris and the Villa Médicis in Rome, and were praised by
professionals and published in specialist magazines.
However, she was more attracted by stage fashion than
haute-couture, and chose film and advertising. A stylist and
costume-maker, she often works with Cinecitta in Rome. From her italian
experience, she has retained the deep, warm and sensual colours -
sun-filled ochres, velvety reds, intense blues and deep greens.
At the beginning of 1990, she decided to turn to painting exclusively.
After two years of self-training, she became in 1992 the pupil of Pierre Ramel, Mac Avoy's disciple and bursar who taught her the technique of using a knife to paint with oil, which she uses in smoothed out form to achieve an effect of transparency.
After two years of self-training, she became in 1992 the pupil of Pierre Ramel, Mac Avoy's disciple and bursar who taught her the technique of using a knife to paint with oil, which she uses in smoothed out form to achieve an effect of transparency.
Annick Bouvattier painted women, often alone, in almost empty
flats, but furnished mainly by shadows and light. Young, pretties, they
live their femininity without false modesty, unconcerned by the looks
of others.
Large canvases, close-up compositions, the works of Annick Bouvattier are spaces where the picturial rhymes with the emotional.
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