French painter Philippe Burlet knows his way around a brush as well as cars and watches. Burlet’s medium of choice is watercolors, which he uses to aptly recreate the essence of sport racing and the watch loving spirit. Although relatively obscure in the United States, Burlet is a favorite among European motor sports enthusiasts, who often commission work from the talented painter.

Burlet was not always an artist, but lived a life around automobiles. Somewhere in the mix he developed an eye for watches and seemingly became fascinated by their connection to fine cars. Burlet has a penchant for painting Ferrari cars both new and old. Though he does of course recreate other automobiles in watercolor as well.

His art featuring watches portrays them in a larger than life manner, appearing bigger than their accompanying cars. This interesting practice serves to emphasize the shape and function of the watches as opposed to their status as timepieces only. This type of work can only come from someone with a deep appreciation and understanding for the mechanical make up of his artistic subjects.

Burlet almost exclusively paints images relating to automobile and motorcycle sports, along with watches. While his art style is not meant to be photo realistic, it can be described as “preservationist,” meaning that his work preserves each and every detail of what he is painting, yet adding his own artistic style.

The work is perfectly suited for anyone who enjoys the style and has a passion for racing or watches, as Burlet’s work is available for purchase. You can visit his French/English language site here, or his United States based site here, to learn more about available originals or prints.