Selected Works

A movement from the recognisable figure to the material trace, and from that trace toward the possibility of another image.

The human figure surfaces through fragments. The viewer completes what the painting withholds.

Terre d’ombre, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
Terre d’ombreMixed media on canvas · 2026130 × 130 cm
Lointain Rome, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
Lointain RomeMixed media on canvas · 202697 × 130 cm
Lointain hellène, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
Lointain hellèneMixed media on canvas · 202697 × 130 cm
Eurydice, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
EurydiceMixed media on canvas · 202697 × 130 cm
Sibylle, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
SibylleMixed media on canvas · 202697 × 130 cm

Covering, abrasion and accumulated layers hold the memory of an earlier image.

Seuil I, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
Seuil IMixed media on canvas · 202697 × 130 cm
Seuil II, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
Seuil IIMixed media on canvas · 202697 × 130 cm

As the figure recedes, gesture becomes rhythm, direction and trace.

Ocres, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
OcresMixed media on canvas · 2026130 × 130 cm
Le Geste écrit, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
Le Geste écritMixed media on canvas · 2026240 × 130 cm
Chaos / Création, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
Chaos / CréationMixed media on canvas · 2026150 × 150 cm
Paysage, mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Michaël Raivard
PaysageMixed media on canvas · 2026130 × 97 cm