It is not surprising, after Massabielle, that GRATALOUP continued its pictorial research with the use of integrated flowers in canvases. In 2000, he undertook a new series entitled "Femmes-Fleurs".

Very inspired by the Asian women around him at that time, he will draw slender graceful silhouettes accompanied by artificial flowers.

It is also during this period that he will continue the integration of stainless steel plates in his canvases to allow the visitor to be part of the landscape he is resizing. It is also from this moment that the artist will work his drawing through tiny points of matter evoking particles that have become visible.

"«Participation» - The spectator enters the work as if standing next to the flower woman."