Victoria Dorche

A graduate of the Condé schools, Victoria Dorche is a French illustrator who now lives on a mushroom farm in the Morvan. She draws her inspiration from myths, medieval illuminations and folk art. Her new surroundings nourish her work, in which she likes to mix the fruits of her garden and the mushrooms from her cellar with the eccentric plants she invents. Using gouache as her preferred technique, her vibrantly colored illustrations offer a joyful, magical vision of reality. She illustrates colorful, sensitive books for Hélium, Sarbacane and Le Grand Palais, and in between publishing projects, she makes symbol-rich decks of cards.