Série "The forest call" - Oeuvre n°563, 2022

Pierre-Luc Poujol   Emerging artists

Pierre-Luc Poujol's work is rooted in an intimate dialogue with nature, and more specifically with trees. Each series he develops explores a facet of this profound relationship, ranging from texture to trace, from symbol to living medium. While the formal approaches vary, all his creations share a common source: nature as an active presence, as a creative partner.

For the artist, the tree is not a simple motif. It is language, memory and resilience. It embodies the link between heaven and earth, between the human gesture and the invisible forces of the world. In his first works in the series, we find the imprint of the plant, its eroded skin, its fragility revealed by the flow or the drip. In 2020, during a trip to Claude Monet's gardens, the artist created the series, where nature is revealed through the prism of this pictorial immersion. This experience will give rise to a museum exhibition the same year. Next comes, a series where the tree becomes a symbol, a form on the edge of figuration and abstraction, like an inner and sensitive presence. Finally, in, the tree becomes a tool: branches are transformed into brushes, ashes are mixed with the paint, offering the artist a living material, a symbol of transformation, memory and resilience.

Each series—though distinct—testifies to this quest for an organic language. Whether abstract territories inspired by bark, trees standing on the cusp of figuration, or plant impressions, all of his works are pervaded by a tension between ephemerality and permanence. They become fragments of ecosystems, sensitive testimonies of our connection to the living.

A renowned artist on the French and international scene, Pierre-Luc Poujol has exhibited in several museums, notably at the Paul Valéry Museum in Sète, which dedicated two major exhibitions to him: in 2020 and in 2024. His works have entered the permanent collection of the Museum and are also part of major public and private collections. Pierre-Luc Poujol has also received prestigious distinctions, including the UNESCO International Prize in 2000 and the “Art and Nature" Prize from the Rampp Foundation in 2025. A committed artist, he became in spring 2022, the first ambassador of the French NGO Coeur de Forêt to which he lends his voice and his tools in favor of the preservation of our biodiversity.