Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Welcome to my surreal animal paintings, a universe where every animal becomes the messenger of a story. Tightrope-walking cats, reading elephants, playful penguins, or hybrid creatures...

These scenes blend poetry, gentleness, humor, and symbolism. It is a journey where surrealism becomes tender and narrative, staying true to my way of observing the world.

Original works protected by ADAGP (copyright).

✦ Click on an image to discover the artwork in detail, its story... and, if it calls to you, the opportunity to acquire it.

Chalter ego

= Catter ego "Is it me, or another me?" Oil on wood (19x19 cm). painting of a black cat at the windowThe scene is extended by a cat sculpture attached to the frame, created by artist Richard Faivre-Monzo.,

La Marelle

= Hopscotch Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm Available A tender surreal ode to the carefree spirit of childhood.

Il faut cultiver notre jardin

= We must cultivate our garden Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm Available The philosopher elephant, a sweet surreal allegory.

Comme un pingouin sur la banquise — Valérie Lacalmontie

= Like a Auk on the ice floe. Surrealist animal painting ; penguins playing on the ice. Oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm Available A polar scene between poetry and satire.

Catlinéa

=Catline Surrealist animal painting black cats perched on an electrical wire. Oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm. Available Catlinéa, the poetic humor of an upside-down world.

Enchatgé

=Encatged Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm. Available. Encatged, an oil painting where feline elegance meets an intriguing and unique symbolism.

Une plume dans le cosmos

= A Feather in the Cosmos Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm Not available A Feather in the Cosmos, the poetic resilience of nature.

Le poids des mots

= The Weight of Words. Surrealist animal painting : elephant reading in a colorful flower field. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm Not available The Weight of Words, a poetic meditation on the impact of words.

These surrealist animal artworks converse with one another through their symbols, their emotions, and the poetry that flows through them. They form a cohesive, joyful, and quirky universe, where each animal tells a different story.

When the animal becomes a symbol

These artworks are also quirky figurative paintings, sometimes described as surrealist. They flirt with the absurd, the poetic, and the unexpected. Each canvas tells a story where reality bends to the laws of a free, colorful imagination, walking the line of the strange.

Continue the journey with the series
→ "Poetic and symbolic surrealist paintings",
→"Chicken paintings" and
→ "Revisited landscapes".

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