Hmm les bonnes cerises 2022

Cricorps, born in 1953, painted "Hmm les bonnes cerises" with what looks like oil on canvas, a jewel-like box of cherries framed by two figures. I can imagine Cricorps diving in, mixing those intense blues, reds, and yellows—the way the colors almost clash makes it feel so alive. You get the sense that the painting came together through a process of layering, maybe even wrestling with the material, to push it this way and that, until it emerges, a kind of raw, direct expression. The faces are simplified, almost mask-like, but they have a real presence. The whole thing has this folk-art vibe, like a Rouault or some outsider art—honest and untamed. I see echoes of other artists in Cricorps’s work, too, a conversation happening across time, inspiring new ways of seeing and feeling. For me, painting is about embracing the messy, the uncertain, and finding beauty in the unexpected.