Romain BERNINI (born 1979) Him, 2023 Color lithograph Artist's proof, n°14 / 15 Signed lower right and justified lower left 69 x 49 cm (on view) The idea behind this work is quite simply to portray a tree. In keeping with the themes I've been working on for a long time, this work advocates an animistic relationship with life and things. It's not a landscape painting, but rather the portrait of a tree. The real project of this work is contained in the psychedelic, strident, even supernatural colors and their violent chords. Contrary to naturalism, this lithograph aims to evoke the aura, the power of this tree, to make it a visual shock.