Behind the scenes of a work: from sketch to final emotion

Behind every painting lies a story. A birth. An inner journey. What we see on the canvas is only the tip of the iceberg: an emotion frozen in time, the end result of a long, often invisible process.

For this article, I want to take you behind the scenes of a work that is dear to me: Onde lumière. A central piece in my collection Les Échos de l’Âme.

It all starts with a burst of energy…

The inspiration for this work came from a need for light. I was in a period of doubt, of fatigue, and yet a spark within me wanted to blossom. I began making some sketches, testing colors, mixing materials. Nothing was planned. It was intuitive.

I let myself be guided by this need to create a breathing space, a passage from shadow to light. Hence the name Light Wave.

A dialogue with the canvas

From the sketch, I worked in layers: inks, acrylics, pastels, textured mediums. Some parts were covered, then revealed again. I sometimes struggle with my canvases. I hesitate. I start again. But always, a form emerges. A coherence. An emotion.

In Onde lumineuse, the circular movements, the soft lines, the light and deep nuances tell the story of this passage. A kind of breathing. An inner elevation.

When gesture becomes emotion

What I remember from this work is not only the visual aspect, but what it made me experience. It reconnected me to something calm, stable, and luminous. It reminded me why I create: to feel. To heal. To transmit.

In this same collection, another work had a profound impact on me: Ligne croisé. It carried a rawer energy, an inner tension, that of a moment when one chooses to cross a threshold. A gesture of courage. A step toward oneself.

Each painting, in reality, is a trace of this inner path.

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