Jean Bourque, a former framed art manufacturer's rep has traveled throughout America, and grew up in MA and CA. Bourque's interest in art began as a child watching seashore artists paint every summer on Cape Cod. Later in San Francisco, visits to museums and galleries, further fueled that interest. Other artists in the family include the late Conrad Talbot, a popular oil painter from MA, Tim McDonald of Providence, RI and Michael Greaney of Portland, Oregon.

Bourque states, "My inspirations come from meditation, music, art and dreams. Many times talking with other artists has added to my motivation to creat. My work with Guy Lipscomb, a very distinguished Southern artist and former national art workshop instructor, has contributed to an experimental approach in technique and design."

Bourque originals are represented in New York City in SOHO at Ward-Nasse Gallery and Agora Gallery. Jean's work is also represented at R-Trade Gallery in the Netherlands, as well as Firehouse Gallery in Bordertown, NJ, Period Gallery in Omaha, NE, and City Art Gallery in Columbia, SC. In addition, the art may be viewed on the Internet at several websites.

2000 Oct. - present A Carolina Gallery, Columbia, SC
2000May - present Gallery at Normah's, Columbia, SC
2000Jan. - present Idylwild Art Gallery, W. Columbia, SC
2000 Feb. to Apr. Elemental Artworks, W. Columbia, SC
1999 Aug. to 2000 Aug. GalleryNow, Tampa, FL
1998 Aug. to present Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Oct. to 1999 Aug. Sweet Bay Gallery, Lexington, SC
1998Aug. to 1999 Aug. City Arts Gallery, Columbia, SC
1998 Aug. to 1999 Apr. R-Trade Gallery, The Netherlands, Europe
1998 Aug. to 1999 Aug. Firehouse Gallery, Bordentown, NJ
1998 July to 1999 Oct. Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
1996 Sept. to 1999 Aug. Agora Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Apr. to 1996 Aug. Broadway Gallery, Myrtle Beach, SC
1996 Mar. to 1996 Apr. Francis Ley Springs Gallery, Lancaster, SC

2000 Mar. - May Java Jive Gallery Café, Spartanburg, SC
2000 Mar. Cool Beans, Columbia, SC
1999 Dec. to 2000 July Gervais & Vine, Columbia, SC
1999 Dec. 99 - 2000 Feb. Earth, Wine, & Fire, Columbia, SC
1996 Mar. - Apr. Francis Ley Springs Gallery, Lancaster, SC
1996 Mar. to Aug. Rising High 9300 Two Notch Road, Columbia, SC
1996 June - 1996 Sept. Rising High Devine Street, Columbia, SC
1996 Aug. Courtyard Coffeehouse, W. Columbia, SC

2000 June - Sept. Summer Salon, Ward-Nasse Gallery, NYC
2000 Feb. - Mar. Crooked Creek Park, Chapin, SC
2000 Jan. - Mar. Y2k Juried Show, Greenville, SC
1999 Oct. - 2000 Oct. Palmetto Tree Project, Columbia, SC
1999 Dec. - 2000 Feb. Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
1999 Nov. Art in The Home, Columbia, SC
1999 Oct. SC State Fair, Columbia, SC
1999 July - Aug. Agora Gallery, NY, NY
1999 Mar. - Apr. Chapin Burroughs Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC
1998 Dec. - 1999 Feb. Art From the Heart Ward-Nasse Gallery NYC
1998 Nov. - 1999 Jan. Art Walk Firehouse Gallery Bordentown, NJ
1998 Nov. Peek-a-Boo Ward-Nasse Gallery NYC
1998 Oct. Artists Against Aids Auction, Columbia, SC
1998 Oct. Silent Victims State Capitol, IL
1998 Oct. SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Columbia, SC
1998 July - Aug. First Featured Artist Period Gallery Nebraska Website
1998 July - Sept. Dog Days of Summer, Cohasset, MA

Jean Bourque, artist
1998 June - July Ocular Symphony, Agora Gallery, NYC
1997 Oct. Group Show, Gang Gallery, NYC
1997 Oct. SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Columbia, SC
1996 Dec. - 1997 Feb. Crooked Creek Park, Chapin, SC
1996 - 1997 NBSC Oil Painter's Traveling Show, Sumter, SC

1996 Oct. VIVACE! Myrtle Beach, SC
1996 Apr. - June Crooked Creek Park, Chapin, SC
1996 Mar. Horry Georgetown Technical College, Myrtle Beach, SC
1995 Oct. & 1996 SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Columbia, SC
1995 Oct. 95 OWCC Art Gallery, Fort Walton Beach, FL
1995 Sept.-Oct. Evelyn Royce Gallery, Fall River Mills, CA

Jason Chang Master pastelist 2000 Web Building; MTC 2000
Anna K. Singley, Craig Carlson, and Ilona Royce Smithkin, Painting
Michel McNinch, Open Studio Drawing and Painting; Pam Robinson
D. Logan, Framing and Matting seminars and M. Stephen Doherty, "Juried Shows" Seminar
Michelle Carter, "How To Sell Art" & "Marketing Your Art to Galleries"
Art Buyers Caravan Atlanta, GA Sept. 1998

2000 - until Upstate Visual Artists, Greenville, SC
1996 - 2001 Crooked Creek Art League, Chapin, SC
1996 - 1999 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Art Consultant Representing Prints, originals, and assignment artists, SC
November 2000 website wwwjeanbourque.com
1998 June to 1998 Dec. Studio Assistant, Guy Lipscomb Studios, Columbia, SC
1997 Jan. - 1998 Feb. Framed Print Rep. SC and eastern GA, Impulse Designs, CA
1997 June - present Artwork on the Internet

Won two awards at SC State Fair, Columbia, SC for oil paintings; 1999

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