A writing project: L’Automate aux Bleus Océans, an upcoming poetry collection.
Gallery
Each artwork and series embody my intimate reflections on reconstruction, the quest for identity, and the perception of the body—both as an object of desire and a decorative element. They explore how our experiences and wounds shape our relationship with ourselves and others, balancing between internal emotions and the image we project.
Through these creations, I seek to question the boundaries between the intimate and the visible, between being and appearing, and how these perceptions influence our personal development.



Au-delà des Courbes
This series explores the female body in an abstract form, questioning how invisible wounds can alter our self-perception. Through blurred lines and fragmented textures, the artworks suggest a body shaped by intimate struggles, emptied of its inner vitality, and, in some gazes, reduced to a mere external interpretation—that of an object of desire.
The fleeting silhouettes convey the duality between fragility and resilience, inviting reflection on bodily memory and the traces left by emotions and experiences.
Le Cri sous l'Ébène
2024
Acrylic painting|Linen canvas on wooden stretcher frame
40 x 50 cm




À l'En-Vert
2025
Acrylic painting|Linen canvas on wooden stretcher frame
24 x 32 cm
L' Âme en Relief
Jean-Bouton Ier
2025
Acrylic & Sculpture|Linen canvas on wooden stretcher frame
20 x 20 cm
Cordéliane
2025
Acrylic & Sculpture|Linen canvas on wooden stretcher frame
20 x 20 cm
This experimental series explores a universe where matter and emotion intertwine, where the surface of the canvas is no longer enough to contain what longs to be expressed. Each piece is an intimate exploration of the layers of identity, invisible wounds, and the silent forces that shape us.
Through compositions blending fluid acrylics and integrated sculpture, this series questions how emotions take form within us. Faces emerge, frozen between shadow and light, between what is revealed and what remains unspoken. Identity, transformation, the body's memory, and lived experience—each texture tells a story meant to be read as much with the hands as with the eyes.
Memento Feram
The Memento Feram series draws on the imagery of bullfighting, only to subvert its codes. Here, the arena is no longer a spectacle, but an intimate territory. Each canvas becomes the stage of an inner struggle between control and impulse, strength and collapse, beauty and violence. The bull, like the matador, is never represented literally. These figures are embodied through bodies, color and texture, in a symbolic and instinctive language. This is not a scene to look at, but a ritual to witness. A raw choreography where each brushstroke evokes combat, sacrifice, or survival. Memento Feram carries a collective and sensory memory of the tensions we endure, of what we absorb, and of what we refuse to leave behind.
Bestia Prima
2025
Acrylic painting|Linen canvas on wooden stretcher frame
40 x 50 cm
TauroMania
2025
Acrylic painting|Cotton canvas on wooden stretcher frame
50 x 70 cm
Sous-vide
Douce Relique
2025
Acrylic and relief elements|Framed diorama
15.5 × 20.5 cm
Rose Moteur
2025
Acrylic and relief elements|Framed diorama
15.5 × 20.5 cm
Sous-vide is a series of volumetric works, conceived as frozen scenes under glass. Each piece is a composition of painting and relief, where textures, colors and forms converse within a confined space—on the edge between the visible and the felt. Every frame becomes a sealed container. Within it, restrained impulses and encapsulated emotions emerge, as if trying to preserve a gesture, a sensation, a bodily memory just before it vanishes. What is shown always hovers at the threshold—between softness and tension, between exposure and intimacy. Sous-vide speaks of what we hold back, what we freeze in order to remember, and what keeps vibrating, even when locked away.
News and Upcoming Projects
After a proofreading phase as demanding as it was necessary, my manuscript is finally ready! Between excitement and apprehension, I share in this article my thoughts on this decisive turning point, as well as the steps I have taken to formalize my project and give it the best possible chance.
After the proofreading, sending to publishing houses !
L’Âme en Relief : A Collection Coming to Life
L’Âme en Relief is now complete. This series explores the meeting of painting and matter, where relief gives shape to buried emotions. Through a process blending experimentation and instinct, each piece questions identity, memory, and the silent forces that shape us.


Ilona Paris
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