This collection was made on very exceptional pieces of wood, all of them have a history of great thickness and large size, in short, a very special vibration.
A painting technique in the stain, worked to obtain great precision, a realism offering all the pride of the animal. Natural shades of gray, mahogany to black.
The 1950s to 1960s saw the appearance of exotic wood in the valley.
This old board from the end of the world.
Asleep in the cellars of an informed murderer.
Find his panache under the brush.
The hooves clap on the tar, the flaps strike
the heart of the bells.
An alpine percussion agitates the herd in a frantic race.
Athletes measure themselves with concentration.
Adolescent heart: Abondance breed cow portrait .
65 x 37 cm
550 € Not available
Far from confrontation; young heifers regroup to secure themselves. Childish attitude of adolescent girls. Ephemeral look of sweetness, engraved in the thickness of the wood.
Chatelaine: Abondance cow breed portrait
57,5 x 39 cm
350 € Not available
The quenched character of an Abundance.
Type of spruce wood from the Chablais valley.
The thickness of the support borrows from the bark;
give the painting a plush envelope.
Heifer triplet: Abondance breed cow portrait .
64,5 x 33,5 cm
550 € Available at the workshop
A trunk of young cows.
The hair still curly like a plush, already discerns the location of the horns soon the adult statue will be established.
Intrepid ride, the call of gentians, pansies, centaurs and other mountain plants.
The scent of fresh fodder sweeps the herd away in an astonishing frenzy
Proud allure the Duchess. A personality emanates from this slice of wood like a slice of life.
It is not the Gepetto chisel that transformed this noble material but a simple brush. Yet the magic is the same.
Satisfaction, mocking, discreet, or pinching without laughing. A bunch of smiles. The animal surprises us! Size: 79 X 95 cm thickness 5 cm. Old slice of exotic wood aged in the workshop of a former carpenter since the 1950s.
The daring movement, animal curves, of this cow of abundance, sways from the veins to the edge of the spruce.
Like a missal, this piece of attic relates the life of the pasture.
How many winter have split his veins?
The stealthy imprint of the past is inscribed.