Rigoletto, 2025
Valérie Besançon  

Painting : oil · 81 x 65 x 2 cm 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang

$1,014 1 014 $US
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Painting : Unique artwork

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with stretcher frame

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81 x 65 x 2 cm 31.9 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth

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The gaze falls upon an organic form that stretches upwards. Blue dominates the composition. Deep shades alternate with flashes of cold light. The material seems alive. The brush sculpts the relief with rigorous precision.
Oil allows for a work on texture here. The swirling lines evoke petrified wood or a rock eroded by time. The fluidity of the curves creates an upward movement. The dark background accentuates the contrast and isolates the subject.
This figurative painting explores the boundary between the mineral and the vegetal. The light seems to emanate from the heart of the structure itself. Every fold, every groove brings visual depth. The whole exudes a serene and mysterious atmosphere.
The technical execution emphasizes the density of the material. This work dated 2025 plays on azure and indigo reflections. The composition ends with sharp points that soar towards the top of the frame.

Abstract

figurative

Abstract art

Colors

Dark blue

Valérie Besançon, Rigoletto
France

Presentation

I do not reproduce nature, I interpret its energy, light, and movement.

Inspired and deeply moved by the spectacle of nature, I reinterpret it, give it body and movement with a joy that is always renewed. Originally from Dijon, I currently spend my time between Vincennes and La Rochelle. Coming from a family of artists, I grew up in a universe where music and visual arts nourished my sensitive view of the world very early on.

For over twenty years, oil painting has been my preferred mode of expression. Nature is the essential source of inspiration for it: a particular light, the texture of a material, a landscape or even a photograph taken during a walk become the starting point for a pictorial search. My work first exploited the universe of trees, before opening up to the great natural elements: water, air, ice, fire, and the cosmos. Today, I return to trees and bark, fascinated by their reliefs, their cracks, and their infinite variations of color, which offer a field of exploration situated between figuration and abstraction.. My encounter with the contemporary painter Pierre-Yves Gianini marked an important step in my artistic journey. His influence led me towards a freer, more luminous painting, where movement and the intensity of colors occupy a central place. Through my works, I seek to reveal the discreet poetry of the living and to share the emotion that nature evokes when one takes the time to observe it. My approach is nourished by observation, experimentation, and imagination. Each canvas is born from an emotion and a desire to translate not the appearance of things, but their energy, their breath, and their inner vibration.

Movement is at the heart of my research.

I like to suggest what circulates, evolves, and transforms: the shimmering of water, the sigh of the wind, the trace of time or the diffusion of light. Color also plays a fundamental role in my expression. Blue, to which I am particularly attached, evokes for me dream, escape, and serenity. Around it, a luminous and vibrant palette is organized that accompanies each composition. My creative process leaves a wide space for intuition. I let myself be guided by what emerges on the canvas, welcoming unexpected transformations, happy accidents, and spontaneous balances. Between figuration, abstraction, and imagination, my painting is constructed in a constant dialogue with matter, light, and emotion. My ambition is to create works bearing life, movement, and poetry, inviting everyone to take a renewed look at the living world around us.

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