Bois sculpté | Une désirable simplicité | VP 938 01

The shavings flutter around his hands. The distinctive smell of sap has been wafting through the workshop since early morning. It accompanies the tempo of the gouge, the emergence of each groove, and the movements which are sculpted on the surface of the material, ricocheting off the simple knots and veins of the wood. Upon waking from the hypnosis of repeated gestures and stepping back, the painting is revealed.