Thérèse (la grande) Thérèse (the great)
2021 · Oil on canvas · 130 × 97 cm
With this series, Nicolas Maureau revisits the figure of the saint through its inner, human dimension. The mystics, between ecstasy and solitude, seek a direct link with the divine, outside dogma. The backgrounds, left white, heighten the spiritual tension of the figures: isolated, full-length, absorbed in a silent presence. These mystics carry their beyond within the image, towards a world visible to them alone.