Emmanuelle Vroelant Mixed Media

Abstract painting At the end of winter, I felt the need for light and the warmth of yellow. A few years ago, when I was ill, I decided to work on harmony, tolerance, and patience. Th...

I am a fan of science fiction, especially depictions of minimalist dwellings in desert areas. I am fascinated by the adobe houses found in certain African countries. The simplicity, ...

“I went to my reserve and found this painting started 20 years ago, at the time when I was making still lifes... And, suddenly, she spoke to me, I modified some colors, rebalanced th...

«The cinema outings of The Three Musketeers, the tale of Monte Christo, make me want to immerse myself in the cloak-and-dagger novels that enchanted my childhood. I just wanted to su...

From the age of 75 onwards, we are surrounded by relatives and friends who are facing the aging process: loss of vital energy and radiance, the body drying up. It takes a lot of cour...

« Upon returning from the summer, I wanted to convey my joy of transparent water, the well-being of the sun, the light side of life in the garden, on the beach, with family and frien...

I felt the desire to paint something strong and to assert myself by linking it with the spring’s wave. This brilliant sap of inner strength transforms the trees. I also wanted to dr...

When I feel weighed down, I thank life for living on the coast. Opening up to the quiet, vast, oxygenated space is so beneficial. I didn’t want to paint what I see but, rather the fe...

For me frimas is a rather poetic term, this word evokes the frosted powder on the trees, the soft light of a pretty morning very early in winter. It is a feeling of freshness and pl...

The opposition of two sheets of paper, very different in their structure, their color and their origin. Each one is made manually, one with linen rags and broken glass in a mill in ...

"The initial idea was rather an acknowledgement of powerlessness in the face of all that the future offers us of a damaged planet, of a war in space... And then my energy was manifes...

«I recently visited a castle in the Cotentin, in ruins but with an intact tower. I love to put my foot on the first step and climb a staircase until the surprise of the finish. I lo...

«After a shocking image on the wall in Arizona, it was urgent for me to transpose it in a metaphorical way. On the left, individuals still have their own colours, their own identity....

« In these grey Breton winter times, I remember the screens and kimonos that fascinated me in Japan. Gold in its changing side according to the light always seems very warm to me. I...

« The memory of my joy as a child when I arrived on the beach knowing that I was going to be able to ride on the dunes. I invented mini-landscapes and I really liked to look at the m...

« Upon returning from the summer, I wanted to convey my joy of transparent water, the well-being of the sun, the light side of life in the garden, on the beach, with family and frien...

I have always had a vague feeling at the hour between dogs and cats. My mother told me at 80 years old that her grade fear of childhood was that the sun would not rise the next day. ...

While walking in Japan, I spent a long time in a temple contemplating a wall where traces of time created black, grey, beige drawings… This inspired the texture and the atmosphere o...

There is a kind of wind blowing across this painting, just as there is across the global atmosphere. It gives the impression that references and values of otherness, courtesy, and et...

It was a momentum that pushed me, in just a few gestures: a joy at the idea of the sea bathing to come, the transparency of light and water, this season so cheerful of summer when yo...

“Having made fantasy 1, I found that he needed a companion with very sober forms that make us think of a presence charged with calm and benevolent authority. The two suit me perfectl...

« Ayant vécu récemment des deuils, et côtoyé des amis en grandes difficultés de santé, j'ai l'impression en ce début novembre d'être questionnée par le sens de la vie. Pourquoi certa...

"All that would happen to me in addition, well, it’s like rain on a pebble. It refreshes it and it’s already very beautiful. Another day, it will burn with sunshine. It always seemed...

I often think of Japanese screens and I really like the scanning of triptychs. I wanted to suggest a poetic atmosphere, a little strange that we see at the seaside in the heat mists ...

Colors of desert, vibrations, the sound of the didgeridoo is disturbing, exotic.

I have, at one point in mylife, practiced art therapy, blue is the color of refocusing, one must be centered and have a positive relationship to oneself to be benevolent.

“Thank you Almodovar, the work of this filmmaker has always touched me, and his last film "La chambre d'à côté" suggested to me the idea of being able to choose the moment of his dea...

In this period of war in Iran, tensions, predators, and threatening speeches, there is a lot of anxiety, feelings of powerlessness, loss of the notion of otherness, and respect. The...

« When I feel leaden, I thank life for living on the coast. Opening up to the silent, vast, oxygenated space is so beneficial. I didn't want to paint what I see, but rather the sensa...

Furnace, motion, saturation, heat

« I just spent a whole period reading detective novels from Finland, Norway and Canada. Universes of wide open spaces of pure air and cold, short and cutting dialogues, little animat...

"I started after watching a report on the National Assembly where reigns a cacophony and egos that rub shoulders, each claiming their own truth. This increases the impression that a...

It is a small Zen and dreamlike garden where everything is calm and smiling with a benevolent sun. It is a small garden like one would find in children’s tales, a refuge for Jradin. ...

From one hard year to the other, the sand goes away and returns, the dunes collapse. The landmarks I often have are pieces of wood or more or less buried and eroded posts. I am very ...

Fascinated by the images sent back by Hubble, I played with deep ultramarine blue, manipulated distant light, and crafted shadowy areas to signify the unexpected. The canvas reflects...

The layout of this work was imposed upon me during one night, likely in resonance with what remains after the passage of fanaticism and barbarism. Through this composition, I attem...

"In the Same Time" is a nod to Emmanuel Macron's favorite phrase and a visual testament to my perception of the sluggish atmosphere brought about by the confinement and curfew. I tr...

At the beginning, the choice of handmade art paper based on linen rags in a mill in Brittany made me want not to intervene too much on these sheets which is self-sufficient as a p...

« I started after watching a report on the National Assembly where reigns a cacophony and egos that rub shoulders, each claiming their own truth. This increases the impression that ...

Work on the impact of elements on urban structures and organisation. I endeavored to give thickness to the texture that coats and engulfs.

« After seeing a documentary on Art Nouveau and remembering paintings by Klimt that these forms were imposed as well as the atmosphere of colors and the need to add sheets of light g...

«In Brittany, this winter has been very grey, very humid and the global climate very muggy. And... All of a sudden a very nice day of clear skies, fresh and invigorating air. It is ...

“Having made fantasy 1, I found that he needed a companion with very sober forms that make us think of a presence charged with calm and benevolent authority. The two suit me perfectl...

“The desire for fantasy... We are weighed down, anxious by the news of what is happening in the world. I really need something fancy, something light, something that suggests imagina...

« Thinking about the vagaries of life, this painting came to me naturally. You can see thorns, notches, things a little unlikely... Red is part of the organic forms, resistance force...

« For the umpteenth time, I notice that on full moon nights, I have a long awakening break and my mind is overheated. What I call a night of insomnia. For the moon, I used aluminum t...

"The background of the painting was worked with a relief and bridges that refer to the solidity of granite. From this telluric force, I draw a great energy and a generous feeling of ...

Life at all costs behind barbed wire

In this piece, I cultivate a tonic allure to accentuate elegance. Every stroke is a dance, seeking equilibrium between strength and grace. It unfolds as a nuanced exploration of con...

Exploring shapes, materials and relief is a much more complex challenge than it seems. It is a demanding process that requires patience, technique and a deep understanding of materia...

Winter days with alternating neutral light and sunlight... I love the rain when it is soft and I am delighted each time with the pleasure that the brush of the sun gives me. It is no...

In these days of pleasant but disturbing heat, I pay tribute to the foliage of trees on the banks of peaceful rivers. It’s a real comfort to humans.

"I come from a generation that believed the Western world was moving towards an open awareness of diversity and acceptance of others. And? Here we are with populists who do not care ...