“Miniature” (2024) by Pascal Courcelles is a one-of-a-kind oil painting that redefines the relationship between painting and sculpture. With impasto layers so thick they seem to defy gravity, this piece invites not only the eye, but the senses.
What makes this work truly unique is its physicality, the sculptural quality of the paint, which stands proud from the wood surface in peaks and waves, almost like a topography of emotion. Each color is applied in its purest form: joyful yellows, vivid reds, airy blues, lush greens. They interact in an intuitive rhythm, a spontaneous harmony that reflects the artist’s deep relationship with matter and gesture.