Renée Bouchard Rubber Duck (collaboration with my three year old) 2014 Acrylic and wax crayon on panel 24.5 x 30 inches Private Collection
Renée Bouchard The Fear of It; What Above Love (collaboration with my two year old) 2014 Acrylic, wax crayon and cardboard on panel 8 x 10 inches NFS
Renée Bouchard Samson and Delilah (collaboration with my two year old) 2016 Oil, burlap, wax crayon and human hair on canvas 8 x 8 inches
Renée Bouchard In the Womb 2011 Oil on canvas 16 x 18 inches NFS
Renée Bouchard Ex Utero 2013 Mixed media on panel 30 x 60 inches
Renée Bouchard Last of the Rainbow Mitten 2015 Children's art, acrylic, machine sewn thread, and yarn on paper 8 x 10 inches
Renée Bouchard Split Chicken Dance (collaboration with my four year old) 2014 Mixed media on panel 32 x 50 inches
Renée Bouchard Hey Mommy! 2021 Watercolor, acrylic, and child’s toy on paper 50 x 52 inches
Renée is constantly exploring and challenging ideas about painting and her role in its history as a woman. In October 2020, she invited mothers in her community to participate in a ceremonial project which realized and honored rest. Unlike an archive or photograph which signifies and references the past and the future, this project made space for memories, dreams, repair, and restoration: the mothers who had been at home caring and homeschooling children during quarantine, in the artistic process felt cared for, recognized, and empowered.
READ ESSAY : Renée Bouchard Artist/Mother/Quarantine, Isele Magazine, September, 2020.
On the occasions that my son participates with me in the studio, I am considering the past, present and future simultaneously. I investigate how two people who don’t inhabit the same world share ideas. In this way, it rebels against imperialistic ontologies that divide time, space and identity. So in a way, my home studio practice has become a protective social fabric as well.
