Madi: Palais Royal

"Like a seal in the wax, I launched my emotions on a new series of canvases. My memmories dance, intertwine and compete to strike a pose.

I have created a lost city, a Palais Royal that contains my memories. 

I see life as a show, and I change my seat to watch it. 

My roots have spanned. I feel the wind swinging me, I’m aware of this natural evolution, it’s adorned with Lisbon light and poetry. 

What remains is what I paint. 

A black & white tiled floor in Biarritz, a shelf of wandering treasures in Lisbon, a conversation in the shade of a tree, each canvas embodies a scenario, a piece of life. 

In this Palais Royal, characters and feelings are embodied. 

Like passengers of the night, companions of dreams, anecdotes, fables and memories rush into my head. 

And then, in the morning, this intangible desire to show my universe. The Palais Royal, as if the sacredness of the term reassured me, I managed to create my world, to shape my characters and the meditative composition takes over.” - Madi