The fascination of the vegetable

Christine Enrègle, PhD in fine arts at the University of Paris, Sorbonne (2008), is She is a professor of visual arts and lives between Paris and Lisbon where she exhibited her drawings in 2020 at S.N.B.A.. The interest in landscape marks her path, considered this as a raw material whose transfigured elements are at the origin of her creations. Since 2017, he has privileged charcoal drawing on canvas, creating organic forms in relation to the metamorphosis of plants and the growth of trees, their forms reflecting the symbiosis between the human and the plant. In the current engraving, produced during a residency at Atelier CPS, the artist was inspired by the olive tree. A work that enhances drawing and is It is a very original expression of your privileged relationship with the plant.

Maria João Fernandes

AICA - International Association of Art Critics