Yvette Bouchard, 69, of Round Pond, died peacefully in her sleep at home May 30 after a two-year bout with cancer.
Yvette was born on Dec. 8, 1944 and raised in Marblehead, Mass. to Leon and Adrienne Bouchard. She graduated Marblehead High School and was an accomplished sailor in the harbor 110-class races. She graduated from Smith College in Amherst, Mass. with a BA in Studio Arts and Fine Art and studied printmaking with Leonard Baskin. She also attended the Yale University summer School of Music and Art and studied at New York University Graduate School of Education in the Creative Arts. Yvette was an avid tennis player locally and a tennis coach in training at U-Mass Amherst.
Always following their artistic dreams, Yvette and husband Eric moved from the village of Cotuit on Cape Cod west to Flagstaff, Ariz. and later to Sedona, Ariz. They ended their four-year exploration of the western high country in Santa Fe and Pecos, N.M. Major side trips to Denver, Col.; Kanab, Utah; and Cheyenne and Jackson, Wyo. filled out their inventory of western explorations.
Returning to Cape Cod, Yvette and Eric opened a refined version of their previous Fine Art Framing and Fine Art Gallery in Cotuit, Mass. There they showcased their own art and photography and represented a dozen other artists.
After 10 years the rocky coast of Maine beckoned. Yvette’s French-Canadian background has roots in Maine and Canada and they moved to the Mid-Coast region in 2006 where they opened another version of the fine art framing and art gallery business.
Exploring nature in all its moods with Eric was always a favorite and productive venture for Yvette. They captured and created images on most of their explorations and produced a large inventory of work from the trips.
She is survived by her husband and partner of 30 years, Eric Michelsen; sister, Anne Brown of Beverly, Mass.; nieces, Lindsey Brown, and Allison Collins; and extended family throughout New England.
An ashes spreading ceremony will be held at a location and time to be determined.
Please send any donations in memory of Yvette to Best Friends Society: Donor Relations, 5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanab, UT 84741, www.bestfriends.org/donate