I had the pleasure of exhibiting a series of my watercolors this summer at the restaurant Against Winds and Tides, in Chausey.
I started working on this island in 2020, but since I was little, I have been trying to draw Chausey. I say I try because I never seem to have completely succeeded. It is a landscape whose essence is extremely difficult to capture. But the colors, the sea, the sky, the rocks have always inspired me. It’s a landscape I’ve always tried to capture. That's the word, capture. This is what I am looking for through my many attempts at drawing. To capture Chausey so I can always have him with me. Drawing is quite magical for that. When I look at a watercolor I have made, I am immediately transported to the moment I created it, to my state of mind at that moment, to my thoughts, to the temperature of the air and the feeling of sand under my feet. And that's what I'm looking for, to be in Chausey even when I'm not there. I don't know if this is an achievable goal, but as long as I enjoy the time I spend trying to achieve it, I will happily continue.
My watercolors and their reproductions are available on this site in the “Chausey in watercolor” section.