I actually had a hard time finishing them, I would start a few and then let them be in a corner of my studio. I need to let them breathe and then go back to them when I’m ready.
When we all went on lockdown, I had the renewed drive to finish all of them very quickly.
‘Les déracinées’
/dāˌräsiˈnā/
French noun: uprooted
a person who has been or feels displaced.
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It's about
people
that have lost
a part of them
Si j'etais faite de pierres
Whether they wanted it
or not
I wanted to explore
the heritage
Je ressentais ta douleur
you carry, from your
upbringing
La douceur de la neige
culture
from your
& what you decide
to let go of
or hold on to.
Il n'y a pas d'amour pour moi dans cette terre
When my dad suddenly passed away in 2018
something shifted
inside of me
Nothing I was painting was satisfying as it just seemed too shallow and didn’t represent what I was going through. Every time I was painting something, I would rip it or paint over and over again. I needed to dig deeper and so I removed anything that seemed frivolous and superficial to me from my paintings.
those feelings
I wanted to face
I was trying to
avoid.
Ces bruits que je ne reconnais pas
for this new
series
I needed
to go back to
the essentials
Je pouvais sentir ta presence
I wanted to try
something new
things like wood
Je t'ecrirai dans toutes mes chansons
round canvases
raw textures
I wanted to
experiment
to try something
more rough
La poussiere du temps
more
authentic
I actually had a hard time finishing them, I would start a few and then let them be in a corner of my studio. I need to let them breathe and then go back to them when I’m ready.
When we all went on lockdown, I had the renewed drive to finish all of them very quickly.
Original paintings
Je t’écrirai dans toutes mes chansons
47 1/2 x 34 inches 121 x 91 cm Acrylics and Gold leaves on canvas