Like a scene straight out of a fantasy film or serene daydream, Eric Roux-Fontaine’s works manage to paint a picture of a world just outside our realm of possibility. His delicately painted, lush works frame subjects teetering on the edge of reality; be them living on the moon or drifting down a river adorned with celestial orbs of light.
Fresh off his solo exhibition at Galerie Felli in Paris, Roux-Fontaine's work has been showcased to an even wider audience after being featured in major art publications Hi-Fructose and and Colossal.
Based in Lyon, his work is largely inspired by his travels throughout Central America, India and Eastern Europe, specifically to Borucan & Romani communities. In an interview prior his solo exhibition Jardins secrets at Axelle Galerie in 2015, Roux-Fontaine elaborated on the inspirations behind his work, stating:
“Originally the garden was an enclosed space, just as the artist workshop is, where man tried to force nature to fit the human scale… Today, the scale is reversed; the world has become a garden itself, which can’t be enclosed by a wall (thankfully!). The man who once attempted to shape nature to his will for centuries, taming the plants by putting them in a cage, imposing his rhythm and moods, realizes that trees communicate, forests are moving, and some plants grow tired of their surroundings and disappear here only to reappear thousands of miles away…”