JEAN-DANIEL BOUVARD (born 1957) Shadow on a sailboat Gouache Signed lower right: J.D Bouvard Height 23.5 cm - Width 30 cm Jean-Daniel Bouvard was born in St-Étienne, France. His love of drawing began in childhood, but he first studied architecture before devoting himself entirely to painting. In 1986, he took part in exhibitions in New York and Paris. In 1991, he received the Paul-Louis Weiller portrait prize from the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Figurative, his painting is developed during his travels, most often in the countries of the southern hemisphere. "The power of his painting carries us tightrope-walking between figurative and abstract, architecture and impressionism, between moments lived and moments dreamt. (Echappées, Alexandra Pugliese, 2018)