Les Jardins de Mon Coeur
Les Jardins de Mon Coeur (The Gardens of the Heart) invites the viewer to enter into the vibrant corridors of the coronary core. Roots gathered from around the country and carved bone talismans are connected and bound together creating a framework to hold the inset painted images. Thick glass adds reflection—a portal of entry—and yet another dimension of focus and layer of intention. This work first appeared in solo exhibition at the Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
The Egg
Roots, carved bone talismans, painted images of organic dyes on recycled paper laminated with silk, 40 x 36 inches.
Inter-Connected
Roots, carved bone talismans, painted images of organic dyes on recycled paper laminated with silk, 78 x 46 inches.
Edges touching edges
mingling in-between
some tangled
some tender
tugging fringe
lilting lightly
L’Homme
Roots, carved bone talismans, painted images of organic dyes on recycled paper laminated with silk, 53 x 36 inches.
“A great composition under glass--truly an important piece of work--invites one to say that things are in no way trivial…In the fluid expressiveness, bedraggled plant life seems to be shifting into some part of a human being. In the compositions of Régent Pellerin there is a sort of magic that belongs to another world and another time than ours.”
—Stéphan Rey, L’Echo Brussels, Belgium August (1999)
Entwined
Organic dyes on recycled paper laminated with silk, under glass, 20-segment modular piece, 100 x 95 inches.
Rooted
Roots, carved bone talismans, painted images of organic dyes on recycled paper laminated with silk, 50 x 45 inches.
The Circle
Carved bone talismans, organic dyes on recycled paper laminated with silk, 32 inch diameter.