It is evident, upon viewing his artwork, that Alain Bouju has a profound love for the sea. ?Born in Rouen and having spent his childhood in Normandy where he discovered fishing with his father and his grandfather, he practiced later, swimming and diving.

In his post-impressionist artwork, he has a particular attraction for the maritime subjects, the beaches, the boats, the harbours and all the atmosphere of the sailors.

He likes to say that his paintings are always in movement, the sky and the sea are always different.

He likes to paint his home town : Rouen and its harbour, but also Paris, the landscapes of the edges of the Seine and the Normandy countryside.

Fallen in love for the North of Brittany, in partic...