Today Guy Buffet is a celebrated artist with an international following. But he began his artistic career as a child sketching on the tablecloths of the Buffet family restaurant in postwar Paris! Forty-odd years later, the carefree spirit of the mischievous boy still shines brilliantly from every canvas... perhaps because his journey from then to now has been filled with a childlike and unquenchable thirst for experience and an unabashed love of life.

Washington Square Bar & Grill	Charge of the Flower Bottle

Seemingly simple Buffet's playful compositions and colorful techniques are deceptively complex, the result of years of formal training in the best art schools of France. At 14, Buffet enrolled in the prestigious Beaux Arts de Toulon and took advanced studies at the Academic de Peinture de la Ville de Paris.  A stint in the French Navy rounded out his education. Young Buffet's tour of duty took him to the exotic ports of the world: Tahiti, Hong Kong, Japan, Lebanon, Vietnam and Martinique. His unique style began to develop as he painted what he saw on his travels.

Votre Sante!	Chef	Bye Bye Birdie

Buffet's work now hangs in many fine public, private and corporate collections. He has been twice commissioned by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and has created several of the state's most beloved public murals. As a guest of the Peking Arts and Crafts Council, he was invited to depict his view of China for special exhibition. He is the official artist for Champagne-Perrier-Jouet and has completed numerous commissions that enjoy worldwide distribution.

Jojo's Far Niente	Boulevard des Capucines

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