Marie-Claude Boucher English language

Oct 16
2009

Marie-Claude Boucher is a Canadian painter. I have learned about her on the website of the very fine Ontario gallery, Crescent Hill.

Her strikingly distinct style won me over instantly. Her works are beautiful, powerful and warm.
But what is her style? The minimalist approach and the distorted proportions point towards art naive.
Her paintings are representing the reality as if distiled through the eyes of a child.
The simplified, intensified colors and rounded, oversized shapes may be representing the reality that we used to see and now have lost as we got older.

Her bold brush stroke makes me think Russian expressionism.
She has an interesting ability to reduce the level of details while at the same time maintaining the visual richness using a thick texture.

She has a soft spot for country side landscapes, red roof houses and picket fences.
And everything has this fairy tale look that I am not sure I can pinpoint.
Maybe it is because of the altered proportions as in the church tower reduced in height but normal in diameter.
Maybe it is because of the exaggerated dimensions as in the tree leaves as large as a house.

Marie-Claude Boucher was born in Quebec in 1973. Dedicated herself to painting soon after graduating university.
She does not have a website but she’s well represented in a number of galleries like Gallery 1080, Gallery 223 and Crescent Hill.

Here is a selection of her works.

Marie-Claude Boucher - A la recherche du temps perdu - 30 x 40 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Bon Matin! - 24 x 20 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Cha cha e`ete - 30 x 40 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Chanson d`automne - 30 x 36 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Chene et roseaux - 36 x 24 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Chere provence - 36 x 24 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - De sable et mer - 30 x 40 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Dernier adieu - 24 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Folie et amour - 36 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Histoire de peche - 24 x 30 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Ivre d`amour - 36 x 48 painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - L`amour au coin de la rue - 30 x 40 painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - La pluie viendra - 24 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Le chant de geai bleu - 24 x 30 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Le charme de l`ete - 30 x 36 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Le lac de mon enfance - 24 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Le petit pain au chocolat - 30 x 36 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Le plaisir en 3 - triptych - 36 x 96 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Le silence du matin, rue Rachel - 30 x 24 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Le temps passe - 36 x 24 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Les arbres en fete - 30 x 30 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Les yeux d`enfants - 28 x 22 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Loin de moi - 24 x 30 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Ma perface du mois d`octobre - 30 x 36 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Medley de couleurs - 24 x 30 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Moment de tranquilite - 30 x 24 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Narrow Delight - 30 x 36 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Petit village a l`automne - 24 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Peu importe l`orange - 24 x 36 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Plus bleu tes yeux - 36 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Poesie en couleur - 30 x 24 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Poesie en couleurs - 24 x 30 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Silent Night of Winter - 30 x 24 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Sous les auvents - 30 x 36 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Spectacle en couleur - 24 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Sunny Road - 36 x 48 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Tranquille repere - 36 x 18 inch painting
Marie-Claude Boucher - Un air de deja - 36 x 48 inch painting
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