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

Whether they wanted it

or not

I wanted to explore

the
heritage

you carry, from your

upbringing

culture

from your

& what you decide

to let go of

or hold on to.

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.

for this new

series

I needed

to go back to

the essentials

I wanted to try

something new

things
like wood

round
canvases

raw textures

I wanted to

experiment

to try something

more rough

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

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Je ressentais
ta douleur

60 x 40″
151 x 101cm
Acrylics and Gold leaves on canvas

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Je pouvais sentir
ta presence

60 x 40″
151 x 101cm
Acrylics and Gold leaves on canvas

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La poussiere
du temps

40 x 60″
101 x 151cm
Acrylics and Gold leaves on canvas

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Ces bruits que je ne reconnais pas

24 x 24″
61 x 61 cm
Acrylics and Gold leaves on wooden panel

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Il n'y a pas d amour pour moi dans cette terre

24 x 24″
61 x 61 cm
Acrylics and Gold leaves on wooden panel

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Si j'étais
faite de pierre

24″ diameter
61 cm diameter
Acrylics and Gold leaves on wooden panel

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La douceur
de la neige

24″ diameter
61 cm diameter
Acrylics and Gold leaves on wooden panel

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