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| 1970 | Born October 6 in Boston, Massachucetts to Cecile and James Robert Boucher. | ||
| 1976 |
The Boucher family moves to Fairfax County, Virginia,
a suburb outside of Washington,DC where they continue
to live to this day. • Receives first camera, a
Kodak Instamatic, and begins photographing.
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| 1982 | Has
secret love affair with TV personality Mary Hartman, Mary
Hartman. • Draws continually throughout his youth.
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| 1988 | Suffering from suburban ennui, Jay engages in minor acts of vandalism and petty
larceny, and indulges in illicit
substances. • High
school crush turns into long term romance with Tara Meier.
• Enrolls in Art Foundation courses at Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virgina. Strongly
influenced by instructor Richard Carlyon.
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| 1992 |
Graduates from
Virginia Commonwealth University with BFA in
Communication Art and Design. • Begins to paint
from found newspaper photographs. Discovers magazine photographs
of model Christy
Turlington and realizes, along with the entire fashion
establishment, that she is the most beautiful woman in
the world. Begins to collect her image obsessively (see
1998).
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| 1993 |
With help of friend David B. Gordon, uses computers to
prepare photographs for paintings. • Begins teaching
Art and Drawing classes to children through the Fairfax
County Park Authority. • Visits New York for the
first time. Views Roy
Lichtenstein exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum and
wonders if reproductions of his paintings aren't better
than the real thing.
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| 1994 | Begins teaching
Drawing classes to adults through Fairfax County Public
Schools. • Passionate affair with Michele
Hepburn.
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