Roseau, french artist, illustrator and poet

Roseau, french illustrator (though she prefers not to be called this way, as “illustration” is a confusing term nowadays) has collaborated on several issues of Carpaccio Magazine. We published an interview with her, Marialamar (born in Argentina, now living in Girona) and Valeria Montero “Puppe” (Argentina) in Carpaccio Magazine Issue #8, as they use to collaborate between each other and create drawings using “6 hands”.

We were amazed at her creations the first time we saw them. In many of her drawings, Roseau use a teabag to draw on it. One of our collaborators, Cendrine, said about Roseau: “Regarder une des œuvres de Roseau c’est comme sonder la pierre touchée par un homme du lointain passé. Il y a la finesse et la densité, le poids des ans et tout à la fois la légèreté de l’empreinte des pas sur la terre.”

What do we see in Roseau drawings? Traces of a past time which has not happened. Cendrine says: “”On peut le regarder des heures, se perdre dans les profondeurs de la robe d’une femme, cheminer dans les arbustes et s’imaginer prenant la mer, être caressé par de petits poissons doux et sentir le vent qui déplace les nuages. Dans les dessins de Roseau, les formes s’imbriquent savamment mais naturellement, sans artifice, et on découvre doucement de nouvelles créatures au gré de notre chemin visuel.”

Roseau drawings often come with poems. Both things together -drawing & poem- makes the experience of being in front of a Roseau drawing a really special experience. Well, let’s see her drawings:

You can take a look at the interview we had with Roseau, Marialamar y Valeria Montero here.
You can take a look at the interview Cendrine had with Roseau (in french)here.
You can take a look at other Roseau drawings in her flickr.
If you want to buy Roseau drawings, you can do it here and here.