In the beginning Phyllis Bachand’s artwork was primarily mixed media sculpture and drawings. It was based on nature and its relationship to the female body. After living in Canada for 8 years, the artist returned to the US in 2001 and began painting.Her work continues to be founded in nature. It's a series of contemporary botanical and landscape paintings in both oil and mixed media. The paintings are richly layered and show the history of the painting.As a process painter, Bachand is interested in the evolution of the painting and the direction it takes as she is working on it. The artist starts with a preliminary idea and lets it go from there. She aims to project a sense of beauty, but with a force of energy and vitality. She likes to expose the physicality of the paint and the application. Bachand wants to give the viewer a reason to pause for reflection and time to study her work.Bachand’s work has been exhibited in galleries in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Florida, and Toronto. She graduated in 1969 from Florida Southern College with a BS in Industrial Arts. The artist later attended Corcoran School of Art and in 1991 received a Master of Fine Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art.Phyllis Bachand currently has a studio in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL and Maine, where she spends the summers.