Jacques Pépin: From Fine Dining to Fine Art

French chef Jacques Pépin is known for his incredible culinary skills, but more importantly for his influence on gastronomy in the United States and beyond. The 86-year-old has inspired generations of chefs, restaurateurs and home cooks, but now he inspires them in a new way, through his art.

The chef’s love-affair with one of the most important ingredients - the chicken - is represented through his paintings of over 30 years in his new book, Jacques Pépin, Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef’s Stories and Recipes of the Humble Bird.

Take a look at some of the veteran chef's beautiful and uplifting paintings.