Collection: Marie-Claire Hamon

The figure in my paintings is a universal figure, human at its core, it could be anyone, it is you and me in our essential state devoid of clothing, class, race, of all these things that normally define who we are, it is an  archetypal representation of the human spirit; it surfaces in lush, wooded areas, where the undergrowth teems with insects and all sorts of life forms. It floats there unassuming, in symbiosis with its natural habitat. It takes on the role of a forager as it goes looking for the sensual pleasure of scent, taste, and the healing power of a seed or a piece of a tree, the very essential of life, as a sacred object.

The work is quite Romantic as it projects a human experience of harmony with nature as the primitive human morphed into a 21st century avatar. With a meditative religious fervour, this semi-godlike figure who once conquered and dominated the natural world now visits it for renewal and defends it against further destruction. In this sense, the work becomes visionary and the figure a seer and a conduit between two worlds, revealing to us the interconnectivity between human and nature.