Louise Bougourd
Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Using colour, light & movement in my painting to represent the natural world
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Spring sunset inspired this glowing painting.
Soft and sumptuous glow of an early evening, evoking warm memories.
Inspired by the softening of light and longer days filled with sun and increasing warmth.
The surface glows with a cascade of warm hues - burnt orange, dusky rose and golden ochre blending and seeping into one another like memories fading into the twilight. Broad gestural brushstrokes sweep across the composition suggesting the curve of a distant horizon.
Cathy Called is a large semi-abstract landscape painting inspired by our natural wild landscape, huge skies, far distant horizon. It was created using mixed media and finished with oil paint to fuse and blend suggesting a slightly hazy day on moorland.
The painting will make be a beautiful statement piece for your interior.
Mixed media on canvas in a wooden frame, 104 x 104cm, framed.
The surface glows with a cascade of warm hues - burnt orange, dusky rose and magenta blending together evoking memories of fading twilight and sumptuous sun rises whispering warmth as day wakes.
Broad, gestural brushstrokes sweepacross the composition suggesting the curve of a distant horizon. Textured layers add depth and emotion inviting the viewer to the beginning or ending of a day through emotion and colour rather than concrete imagery.
Glorious days spent on sandy beaches with my siblings and parents, the warm, comforting smell of Ambre Solaire floating in the air, splashing in seas of blue and green, a feeling of joy and safety. Days drawing to a close with a raspberry ripple ice cream before heading to our accommodation.
Steeped in memories of happy times spent holidaying in Cornwall with my family, walking along cliff tops, sand between my toes, beaches of golden sand, exploring Cornish towns, villages and harbours.
Second image shows the painting framed and in situ.
Mixed media on canvas in a wooden frame, 104 x 104cm framed
Ambre Solaire wafting in the air, ice cream melting down my arm in the summer sunshine, eagerly awaiting more time to frolic on the beaches. I am always amazed how an image or a smell can reveal a buried memory, in this painting I have focused on the sensations of cold melting ice cream coupled with the evocative aroma of Ambre Solaire worn by my mother - a warm enveloping scent that pervades to this day.
Long days, seemingly endless, huge soft skies offering a gentle embrace at the end of the day.
Second image shows the painting framed and in situ.
Mixed media on canvas in a wooden frame, 124 x 104cm framed.
Small artwork to enhance your home, this small painting is full of charm depicting a huge horizon in a small space. Bold brush marks sweep across the composition suggesting distant hills and horizon, shades of blue and green whisper Spring is in the air.
I was inspired to create this painting after spending time walking, listening and absorbing the beautiful countryside.
Mixed media of acrylic, acrylic ink and watercolour pencils used to blend together in a fusion of freshness.
Butterflies is an original painting created using oil paint, it is celebratng by our wonderful natural world of insects including butterflies.
This painting is framed in an off-white wooden frame to complement the colours within the painting.
A quiet landscape bathed in the warm glow of sunset. Soft tones of gold and peach stretch across the sky, capturing a fleeting moment of stillness and light.
A soft blend of brush marks contrasted with linear marks depicting lines in the horizon.
Evocative painting created using acrylic paint, acrylic inks and watercolour pencils to suggest wild places in the landscape
Spring Light is reflective of the natural world, wild open spaces with vast views and open blue skies. It is an imagined landscape from the depths of my memory and love of the British Isles.
Summer shades always seem to be purple and orange for me, this painting is inspired by the soft purple infused memories, early evening, dusk approaching, everything slowing.
Long days that seemingly endless, huge soft skies offering a gentle embrace at the end of the day.
Created using oil paint to suggest a sense of muted, soft shades of mauve and cream.
Mixed media on canvas in a wooden frame, 104 x 104cm framed
Lemonade and Crisps is a gentle semi-abstract landscape it is inspired by the beautiful hues of a summer’s day coming to a close.
Soft hues of purple and green across the surface invite the viewer to immerse themselves in a memory of past times, remembered with love and full of emotion.
Spring Chorus is reflection of the natural world, wild open spaces with vast views and open blue skies. It is an imagined landscape from the depths of my memory and love of the British Isles.
A small painting inspired by the cool shades of Spring, green and blue hues nestle into the landscape; this painting was created after spending long hours walking in the landscape near a fresh flowing estuary, birds singing, the air filled with scents of bluebells.
Sweeping brushstrokes in acrylic, acrylic ink and watercolour pencils used to reflect the sense of openness, wide vistas and the feeling of flow in the British landscape.
The painting is framed in a dark grey to complement the beautiful shades of green and blue, it is ready to hang and will make a wonderful statement in your home.
A small painting inspired by the cool shades of Spring, green, blue and deep dark hues nestle into the landscape; this painting was created after spending long hours walking in the landscape near a fresh flowing estuary, birds singing, the air filled with scents of bluebells.
Sweeping brushstrokes in acrylic, acrylic ink and watercolour pencils used to reflect the sense of openness, wide vistas and the feeling of flow in the British landscape.
The painting is framed in a dark grey to complement the beautiful shades of green and blue, it is ready to hang and will make a wonderful statement in your home.
Drawn from the Landscape
My inspiration is drawn from the landscape and the inner landscape of the human condition, my emotional response to place fascinates me, spending time on location is important to my process permitting me to absorb, feel and then respond.
My process reflects responses to land and emotion and always begins with quick mark-making and sketches recording a moment in time, a fleeting feeling, a changing sky.
Back in the studio everything slows as I consider the sketches I have made and how to move to larger scale in a poetic, rhythmic style remaining true to my initial responses.
“Louise Bougourd’s work explores the relationship between man and nature. Bougourd herself has a powerful connection to landscape, which is transposed in her atmospheric paintings. She is interested in the way man compulsively creates, destroys, and erects within the landscape and it’s gradual, soft reclamation of these changes. Instead of seeing the landscape as a battle ground, Bougourd explores it as a creative duet. Both elements, man and nature, combining to lay down a narrative of transformation.”
A quiet landscape bathed in the warm glow of sunset. Soft tones of gold and peach stretch across the sky, capturing a fleeting moment of stillness and light.
A soft blend of brush marks contrasted with linear marks depicting lines in the horizon.