La Demande

One raised hand reaches towards a woman standing at the mouth of a sea cave. A water spirit was a recurring presence in Raymond Beauduy’s paintings and dreams. The gesture gives this encounter the shape of a request. Our attention rests between the two people, where a small movement holds a moment open without supplying its answer.

The braided figure wears beads and orange cloth on a rock. A man in white kneels beside a white bundle. Red, yellow and green trees cover the arch, with a fin, sailboat and distant village beyond.