Oil on cardboard – 12 x 12 inch – Unique work

So the Louvre is nonetheless the second biggest art museum in the world.

I never managed to visit it in its entirety. Besides, I’ve never tried it to be honest. This huge 800-year-old building impresses me. I get lost every time. If I’m looking for something in particular, I go to reception desk like any tourist and I make the person repeat several times to be sure I understand the path to follow. And of course, on the road, I ask again because inevitably in the meantime, I got lost. I have a very particular sense of direction which always takes me away from my initial choice but allows me to discover many other things!

My favorite place is where I can see Chardin’s paintings! He is one of my favorite painters. In fact, one day I went to the Louvre with a friend and she said to me: “we’re going to visit the 18th century painters.” I said OK, having no idea what awaits me. We visit a room, then another, and yet another. It’s so huge. I start to have enough of visiting after two hours. Anyway ! My eyes blur and my brain explodes. I would dream of running out and walking along the banks of the Seine. It’s beautiful weather outside…

And then, suddenly, as I was about to give up… just around the corner… Chardin!!! I couldn’t believe it. I was thrilled. I didn’t want to leave anymore. It wasn’t an option anymore. I moved from one painting to another like a child discovering her Christmas presents under the tree on December 25. My friend, for her part, only wanted one thing: to go home!

To make things clear, after a few very long minutes, I gave up. But what a joy to see, in real life, the works of your idol. I discovered Chardin at the painting studio where it all started for me. I wanted to paint a hunting picture. And I found myself doing my first painting after a great master: A green-necked duck attached to the wall and a bitter orange (1730), which is at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris.

I finally leave the Louvre, taking one last look at LouisXIV and his horse!