Bronzes Lion and two cubs €4,500.00 I created this sculpture to order (1/8) and then decided to release all the copies. The composition worked perfectly : a powerful lion with an abundant mane, tenderized by his two cubs. For the cubs, I chose to take up the theme of columns, stacks of animals, adapted to allow the boldest cub to rise to the father's level! A rich tawny patina is an obvious... View
Bronzes In the family €3,900.00 The calm, attentive bear is the center of the world for her five playful cubs. I could have called this sculpture "Attack ! ‘The image of a father or mother mirroring his or her childhood. He or she has become an adult, and these children's games bring back memories of the past. Add to cart
Bronzes Louise at the zoo, version 2 €5,800.00 This confrontation between the powerful animal from prehistoric times and the small, fragile but fearless human remains a favourite theme for me.It's an image that works in many people's imaginations. How can we understand this? Is it the fascination that the animal world holds for us, both close and mysterious in our 'civilised' eyes?Our ancestors,... View
Bronzes Bear juggling fish €5,500.00 A brown bear juggling with the product of his catch for his pleasure and that of his cubs. Entertainment is rare in Kamchatka. Few tourists to get their teeth into. The fish defies the laws of gravity, so hard on the sculptor! This animal bronze sculpture is part of the "bears and fish" series (which I have not finished exploring). Warm brown patina for... View
Bronzes My favorite horse €3,900.00 The privileged relationship of the little girl and her horse, a theme that I have taken up many times, inspired by my own daughters. The glances they exchange are full of confidence. It is a very readable animal statue and imposes itself by a circle composition. “The language of sculpture is composed of words of love and poetry,” wrote Zadkine. This... View
Bronzes Rhinoceros and his rider €2,900.00 Little girls dream of riding unicorns, but, proof provided by this sculpture, rhinos too. Fragility and brute force united in the same contemplation. This very "drown" sculpture is magnified by a slate gray patina. View
Bronzes Two children and a baby elephant €3,400.00 In an African park, there are no borders between children whether they were born with two or four legs, with or without a trunk !. The important thing is to have fun! A revisit of the "Sokatira" theme View
Museum acquisitions Sacred boat €8,500.00 Five elephants descend The Nile on a crocodile. A voyage in time and space. Brown patina with a lighter background. Pedestal brass, base black/brown. Sculpture created for the exhibition « Bêtes a Musée »Acquisition of the Powerlong Art Museum Shangaï View
Bronzes Giraffe and her greyhound €4,100.00 Curved sculpture. I took over from a theme used in fashion! But there's no haute couture dress, but a very fine harmony between a recurring character in my imagination and my whippet dog named Edha. Tawny patina View
Bronzes Benbezela €5,500.00 « Bembeleza » means “tickle” in swahili, in KENYA. It's a animal sculpture that I wanted to be joyful and tender, the game between an adult and their child. I see myself with one of my grandchildren...Animal sculpture for all the parents and grandparents of the world!!! View
Bronzes A bear named Sisyphus €3,800.00 The rock I put down first turned into a fish.To each his own representation of the myth. For the bear, it's fishing and hunting to ensure its survival without asking philosophical questions, a Sisyphus who ignores himself. This sculpture is part of "the bear/fish" series that I continue to work on. View
Bronzes The Swing €4,500.00 “The pendulum is thrown,Our absent minded fellow, staggered, stretched out his arms, and fell.He broke his nose, and everyone laughed." Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian I reinvented the fable with this elephant bronze. My baby elephants are under the supervision of a caring adult; They don't fall and have fun. Part of the series of acrobatic elephants statues. View
Bronzes From trunk to trunk €5,800.00 An emblematic theme that I definitely cannot leave! Rounded shapes, erect trunk supporting a baby in balance, smiles, everything contributes to optimism! A beautiful earthen patina on red-brown backgrounds created by Yves Cabasson magnifies the all peace. View
Bronzes Five Young Ladies €3,900.00 Five young ladies, friends or sisters, tenderly entwined chatting together. I have played on the sharing of their glances to animate the group. It will soon be a dozen years that I have worked on these anthropomorphic giraffes in parallel with my other creations. Expressing womanhood. View
Bronzes Tender Games €7,500.00 Acrobatic games between “father-mother” and child. One of my favorite sculptures on which I worked a lot on the shape of the trunks which delicately touch each other. A variation of acrobatic elephants with knowing looks. Silver nitrate patina View
Bronzes From Hump to Hump €8,500.00 A little girl jumps from one hump of a camel to another. I consciously played with the exaggeration of the proportions between the two protagonists of the scene: the hieratic and majestic animal thus evokes a landscape, the color of desert sand, an elliptical statement of sorts! View
Bronzes The waltz €12,000.00 Two elephants waltz lightly, their“leaf” ears in the wind. I call them internally Baucis and Philémon as I call the hornbeam with two intertwined, “braced” trunks in my garden. Perhaps Zeus, who transformed these two old people in love into a tree, visited my studio, but I don't really believe in this honor! The Lalanne’s sculptures also often mixed... View
Bronzes Bear's nest €6,900.00 I worked for a long time on this rounded composition of five bears to express solidarity and tenderness. Two artist proofs are still available. View
Bronzes Elephant Jump! €9,500.00 Lots of fun making this joyful sculpture with a strong presence.The little one jumps enthusiastically on the back of its mother or father, symbolizing the passage from one generation to the next.The adult's gaze is benevolent, ensuring that the child's reception on the ground is gentle.Something for us, humans to meditate... Slate gray patina with lighter... View
Bronzes Giraffe and her doll €5,900.00 During the Jean -Joseph Carriès exhibition at the Petit Palais, I was very touched by a terracotta “L'Infante” representing a little girl clutching her puppet to the point of breaking it, a fitting expression of the innocently destructive side from childhood. The idea of the theme of the little girl and her toy came back to me one evening and I modeled... View
Private acquisitions Sokatira plus one « Sokatira » means “Jeu de la corde” in the Basque language. (Tug of War in English). The sculpture was designated to be exhibited at the Oeil de Price Gallery in Biarritz. For the birth of her third child, a collectioner at the Claudine Legrand Gallery asked that a third elephant calf be added to the first ” Sokatira”. This gave birth to a second... View
Private acquisitions Elephant and his little girl A return to an emblematic theme in a larger format: The encounter between an elephant and a little girl, a moment of shared wonder andtenderness.Slate gray patina Sold out View
The Studio Embarcation to Kythira Every new exhibition is an adventure. For the catalogue of the Musée de la Côte d’Opale, Christopher, the graphic designer, wanted the photographs taken on the beach in order to illustrate the title of the exhibition Bêtes à Musée, Sculptures in the Open Air. The photographic technique scared me and recreating an atmosphere around my sculptures was a real... View