(b.1980 – France) Drawing. Black ink. Nature. Environment.
100 days in Germany (2020)
These drawings of European forests are accumulated on pages of sketchbooks, made from photographs taken throughout the territories travelled through, and propose to experiment and verify the beauty of the world. That of primordial landscapes, jungle, forest that describe a primitive world and lands still not colonized and debased by man. Where the vegetation is often exuberant.
In this series, the vegetal texture is totally immersive, enveloping, even frontal.
It is mainly about landscapes and primary forests still alive in Europe that I was able to cross between October 2019 and March 2020.
“51°16’44”N 12°19’46”E” – 5,11 X 16,52 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Cospudener See, Germany – 2020 “Barricade” – 5,11 X 16,52 In Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Hambach Forest, Germany -2020 “Eūropa arbaro – European Forest“ Chinese ink on Moleskine paper 5,11 X 16,52 In, 2020 Photo: Oliver Kramer “Urwald von morgen # 1” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Simonswald, Germany – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer.) “Urwald von morgen # 6” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Rodange, France – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer) “Urwald von morgen # 7” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Briesetal, Germany – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer) “Point Alpha” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Rasdorf Forest, Germany – 2020 “Urwald von morgen # 5” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Simonswald, Germany – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer.) “Urwald von morgen # 9” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Montenach, France – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer) “Urwald von morgen # 11” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Montenach, France – 2020 (Photo: Oliver Kramer) “Urwald von morgen # 10” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Montenach, France – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer) “Urwald von morgen # 2” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Simonswald, Germany – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer.) “Hambach Forest” – 5,11 X 16,52 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Hambach, Germany – 2020 “Urwald von morgen # 4” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Simonswald, Germany – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer.) “Urwald von morgen # 8” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Merzhausen, Germany – 2019 (Photo: Emmanuel Henninger)“Urwald von morgen # 12” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Muggardt, Germany – 2020 “Urwald von morgen # 13” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Muggardt, Germany – 2020 “Urwald von morgen # 3” – 5,11 X 8,26 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Simonswald, Germany – 2019 (Photo: Oliver Kramer.)“Angertal Forest” – 5,11 X 16,52 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Nordrhein Westfalia, Germany – 2020 “Montenach Forest #1″ – 5,11 X 16,52 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Grand Est, France – 2020 “Montenach Forest #2″ – 5,11 X 16,52 In – Chinese ink on Moleskine paper – Grand Est, France – 2020