The gallery welcomes, until Sunday July 31, Françoise Vrot and her daughter Camille Quedou ; daughter and granddaughter of the painter Pierre Vrot. “I went to Reunion in 1991. I fell in love with Mauritius and I stayed there. In my paintings, I share four elements: the sea, the turquoise and the transparency of the water, the return from old-fashioned fishing and the sugar cane fields. It’s my daily life. Every day, I see these men and women working. I find them beautiful, smiling. They work in the old fashioned way with their pickaxes and always in colorful outfits,” explains Francoise Vrot.
His canvases capture the intense light of sugar cane fields, lagoons and beaches… More than a journey, the artist delivers a legacy of the heritage of this multi-faceted island, where Hindu, Creole and Muslim cultures intermingle. , Chinese and European.
From landscapes to portraits
Camille Quedou, meanwhile, is almost self-taught. It was while watching her mother paint that she began by creating landscapes and then specialized in portraits. “What inspires me are the portraits of children of different ethnicities. I like their looks. They fascinate me. I like to capture emotions,” she explains.
Practice
Open daily from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Free.
