The interplay of light and shadows is not by accident in the works by
French artist Jean-Paul Courchia. And the basic construction of many
famous works of art is also not by accident. Jean-Paul Courchia comes to
the Westport River Gallery by way of France.
The physician-lecturer-artist’s oil paintings on canvas are displayed in
Marseille in the famous Provencal Gallery Jouvène, which Van Gogh and
Cezanne called home for their art work. Her Highness Queen Paola of
Belgium and Madame Nobutaka Shinomiya, wife of the Consul of Japan in
Marseille, are avid collectors of his work. He is also a medical
doctor of endocrinology and metabolic diseases, and fascinated by
science, art, medicine, perceptions, and light.