Le Tournant  
There was a life I was already losing.  
I didn’t see the moment it shifted — only that it did.  
Two small hands held me in place long enough to become something else.  
Not better. Not saved.  
But no longer on my way out.  
  
Acrylic on canvas  
80 × 60 cm  
  
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Les Variations  
They were never the same.  
Not in presence, not in distance, not in what remained after.  
What repeated was the moment before —  
the closeness that feels like recognition,  
even when it isn’t.  
Each time, something shifted.  
Each time, nothing stayed.  
  
Acrylic on canvas  
80 × 60 cm

Le Tournant  - Les Variations

Not all voices break through.  
Some protests fade in silence —  
not from lack of power,  
but from absence of listening.  
This piece is a tribute to unseen courage.  
To those who speak anyway.  
To the values we refuse to let go of —  
love, honesty, presence.

La protestation non entendue

The bullets within the composition function as a dual symbol. They refer not only to vulnerability, but to a later event in the 1990s during a journey in India, when a gun was pointed directly at me. The situation was interrupted in the final second when another man appeared unexpectedly and aimed his rifle at the attacker. Again, time fractured. Again, life and death coexisted in the same breath.

La Situation et l’Opération

Some children grow up surrounded by people, yet remain completely unseen.  
The isolation of childhood is not always physical — sometimes it exists silently within, where emotions struggle to become language.  
Long after childhood has passed, a part of us may still remain there, searching for understanding, connection, and a way to be heard.

L’Enfance Invisible

This artwork, "Les quatre sœurs", captures the essence of the close and warm bond that can develop between three sisters over a long and fulfilling life. Using different media, the many layers of their shared history come to life - experiences, feelings, and deep understanding that only they share. The piece also brings back memories from their shared childhood, memories of parents and grandparents, and the many experiences that family life has brought. It highlights a rare and precious connection that is often invisible to outsiders but is an invaluable source of strength and joy to those who are a part of it.

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