For the artist Patrick Piccinelli; the zone saturated with colors and texture evokes an ancient garden; like the melancholic nostalgia of a lost Eden.At the limit of abstraction; both mineral and vegetal; brushed in large areas with powerful and dark colors (greens and yellow ochres) enhanced with a few lively touches; then crossed out and redefined by hatching; they restore the majesty of nature; its harmony; its accuracy and its coherence. Kirkeby; like Cézanne; paints his feelings. “The foundation of artistic creation is observing and recording;” he says. This is one of the duties of the artist: to transmit to us this feeling of intense life that he experiences in the face of the world.About the exhibition "Per Kirkeby" at the Almine Rech gallery; Paris; (Olivier Cena; Télérama.)