Bouillon Chartier, Paris
“This piece was inspired by a trip to Paris with my uni friends, we went just before the first set of final-year exams for our degrees. If someone had told me then that a year later, I’d be working in the art world, I would have been shocked (and probably quite relieved to know I wasn’t doing maths anymore).”
“This painting feels particularly sentimental as it’s one of the first pieces I’ve created entirely for myself since I was 18. For the past few years, I’ve predominantly worked on commissions, which has taught me so much but I did miss painting what I wanted to paint.”
“Bouillon Chartier was one of the restaurants we visited during that trip, and I’d highly recommend a visit! I took inspiration from its classic Parisian interiors, combining elements from other restaurants we came across with my own imagination to create this open-air scene and bar.”
The piece is painted in oils on canvas, using heavy, textured palette knife techniques throughout.
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Bouillon Chartier, Paris
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The Artist
Maddy Morgan
Maddy Morgan is a self-taught artist based in London. She studied Maths at Newcastle University, alongside a year abroad at the University of Hong Kong, where she focused on History of Art and Gender Studies.
Maddy currently manages Arty Corner Gallery in Wimbledon while simultaneously developing her own artistic practice. Having painted and drawn from a young age, she began taking on private commissions at 18. In recent years, she has moved away from commission-based work to focus on developing her own collections.
Working predominantly in oils, Maddy creates textured paintings using palette knives. Her work is shaped by a fascination with the slower rhythms and everyday pleasures of European life. Her recent café scenes takes inspiration from the Italian expression il dolce far niente translating to “the sweetness of doing nothing” - capturing unhurried moments of conversation, coffee and food.
Through her paintings, Maddy hopes to celebrate the beauty found in ordinary moments and create work for those who appreciate a slower pace of life.
