Philippe Sauvie

Philippe Sauvie was born in Portland, Oregon USA and loved to draw as a child. I love clashing the beautiful color with indifference of application.

Because I find the majority of great art to be derivative of other great art, I do not shy away from derivation in my own work. I play at being a Matisse, Picasso or a Johns, to name but a few of my favorites in the visual arts but I also borrow from pop culture as well. I examine and sometimes incorporate these assimilations to form my own artistic voice. I search for clues... sensations... tradition... inscrutable truths. Vagueness and chance connections between images are the building blocks of my art.

I feel I am a self taught artist. I read a lot about art and I studied architecture, industrial design and fine art in college. I have never exhibited my work in a formal setting, keeping it to myself for personal and developmental reasons. ,