The sea and islands are a constant source of inspiration for GRATALOUP. In 1979, he will resume the drawings he made in Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1975 and realize a series of very powerful works by the force of materials and colors, directly taken out of the tube or spread out in casts on the canvas.

This year will show a real evolution in his painting. From that date, the materials will be very present and denser.

From clarity to disappearance … Like everything else, the island is on the move. The light color pushes the material, from its illuminated phase to the loss of the gaze. Immensity is its dissociation or his charge."