I am from the south, permeable to light. It is my accomplice. I like to flirt with colours, to seduce them. I like the cry of the sea, the voluptuousness of the beach, the whisper of a glass of wine in the corner of the day, the velvet of shared desire, snuggling up in the hollow of a dream to prolong its intimacy, the moment of pose and capturing its softness, the curves of chance that lead to the essential. These moments of grace reflect a certain form of freedom that is dear to me.

The free woman wants to become...herself. To do this, she takes up space: from others who judge her but are indifferent to her, from conventions that she encroaches upon. A banality? Yet even the rebellious spirit is not immune to being caught up in what society tells her to become. My work speaks of these thirty-somethings of 2016, of which I am a part, who nourish this new obsession: to connect to one's true nature in order to find one's own identity space, one's own freedom.

Through the motif of the stripe, I am experimenting with the possibilities of installing coloured bars that seem to denounce the golden prison of modern women, who are a priori free but whose creativity is often hemmed in by social constraints or beauty standards. Shadows are central to my work. They tend to blur the border between reality and perception: here the play of two superimposed planes revalorizes the empty space essential to the contemporary woman.

There are no free women, only women who dare to transgress taboos. They step out of their social convictions to gain independence and lead a life according to their convictions. Famous women have inspired me in my artistic approach, both by their emancipation and by their freedom of thought and action. Texts and materials are combined in my work. Work sets a woman free and my art is my freedom.

I have chosen to represent in their universe women of my entourage whose life path or expression are guided only by this intimate conviction that they protect their impulse of freedom. Free to weigh, free to create, free of their bodies and their movements, neither prejudice nor social constraints hinder their choices. They will carry out their passion and their wills, realising their greatest dreams.