After studying literature and art history, French artist Cécile Humeau turned her work towards nature. She draws and paints oversized flowers and trees with which she seems to communicate. For the artist, the body of trees is similar to that of the human body. “Drawing these portraits of trees forces me to penetrate their intimacy. The graphite probes the bark. The gouache illuminates the secret parts of the wood. The pastel helps me to immerse myself in the humid, misty, fragrant atmosphere of the wild forest.” Cécile Humeau's works reveal imaginary landscapes of skies and mountains and draw us into the heart of nature's immense depths.
Exhibition “Pastels and Black Stone”
Nicolas Deman Gallery
12, Rue Jacques-Callot, 75006 Paris
November 22 to 27
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By Melissa Burckel