Silence beneath the roots by LaPil'à'folie

About "Silence beneath the roots"

by LaPil'à'folie

About the artwork

Under the dense canopy of the undergrowth, where the white light skims the mosses and disappears beneath the stumps, something is keeping a low profile. The skunk doesn't hide. It doesn't flaunt itself. It exists in the way of essential things - modestly, deeply, like an idea that germinates outside thought.

The inspiration for this image came from a desire to make visible the buried intuition, that peaceful, protective presence that you only encounter when you slow down. A tribute to solitary, nocturnal creatures, linked to the earth and the margins, and to the stones that only shine in silence. Silence beneath the roots is a dialogue between animal instinct and mineral wisdom: a balance between the organic and the timeless.

This drawing is a continuation of my deepest visual influences: a sober, intuitive aesthetic, nourished by hushed worlds, discreet bestiaries and imaginary forests. It's an extension of the inner territory I've been exploring since Vestige de Brâme and Lisière de Feu - a world on the edge, populated by slow-moving presences, with porous contours and full silences.

Graphically, I've chosen a precise line, diffuse textures and a restricted palette dominated by shades of amethyst. The white background acts like an echo chamber: it doesn't reveal, it welcomes. The animal is not staged. It is simply there, like a fragment of forest that has decided to stay.

Silence beneath the roots is not a narrative: it's a threshold. An inner breath. It is for those who have been listening for a long time, and who know that the most powerful presences often make no noise.