PHILIP BOUCHARD
THE MOONCATCHER- 1994
65cm x 40cm
Oil on panel
The architecture for this painting is taken from the basement areas in the courtyard of Somerset House in London. This type of ‘double-depth’ basement can also be seen in Bath in streets such as Great Pulteney Street with its grand houses. These houses would have had kitchens in the basement, above a ‘sub-basement’ which would protect the kitchens from damp and could also be used for storage of food and wine.
The Mooncatcher is the dreamer in all of us.
(Private Collection)