Série Voyage à Giverny - Oeuvre n°351, 2017

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 his 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 simply a motif. It is language, memory, and resilience. It embodies the link between heaven and earth, between human action and the invisible forces of the world. In his early works in the series, we find the imprint of the plant, its eroded skin, its fragility revealed by the drip or the run. In 2020, during a trip to Claude Monet's gardens, the artist created the series, where nature unfolds through the prism of this pictorial immersion. This experience led to a museum exhibition the same year. Next came the series, where the tree becomes a symbol, a form on the border between figuration and abstraction, like an inner and sensitive presence. Finally, in the series, the tree becomes a tool: branches are transformed into brushes, ashes are mixed with paint, offering the artist a living material, a symbol of transformation, memory, and resilience.

Each series – though distinct – bears witness to this quest for an organic language. Whether abstract territories inspired by bark, trees standing on the cusp of figuration, or plant impressions, all her works are permeated by a tension between the ephemeral and the permanent. They become fragments of an ecosystem, sensitive testimonies to our connection with the living world.

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