The "Phalène" (Moth) series unfolds as five large drawings, a silent procession of nocturnal moths frozen in flight. Created from combustible and unstable materials, these insect figures embody a tension between appearance and erasure.

The fragile, raw kraft paper accentuates the ephemeral nature of these forms. As if branded by the light that attracts and consumes them, the moths become figures of vulnerability, fatal attraction, and metamorphosis.

The subtly present encaustic fixes the traces while lending them an almost organic translucency. These drawings, poised between still life and vanitas, evoke the idea of a fragile, nocturnal, and tragic beauty—one that shines for an instant before disappearing.

The texture of the crumpled paper amplifies this sensation of instability, as if the support itself bears the stigmata of fire or the insect's nocturnal passage. This is not merely a naturalist drawing; it's an imprint, a vestige, an evocation of the fragility of existence.

The gestural process, combining combustion and drawing, reveals an unstable form, at once naturalist and ghostly. Here, it's less about representing an insect than about invoking its trace, as if the image itself carries the remnants of a rite of passage, a fragile offering to the night, a vain attempt to capture the ephemeral.

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