Flower arrangements are perhaps the best illustration of Frédéric Garrigues' work.
Each “ready-to-go” arrangement has a name, often evoking the countryside.
The Tranche de Prairie©, literally a “slice” of meadow, seems to come straight from a field in spring.
The Vases paysagés© conjure up fields of thick rich grass, dotted with wild flowers, with an orchard in the background.
The Bouquets fagots, bouquets of flowers held in a bundle like sticks, stand in a discrete container.
Frédéric assembles the different components by instinct, selecting them for their colour, perfume, form or texture until he finds just the right combination to conjure up an idea or to recall his childhood memories.
Like his forefathers, modest painters, Frédéric uses a constantly changing palette with different harmonies of colours and materials.
“Est-ce dans le bouquet que la fleur est plus belle, ou bien dans le pré où elle pousse, quand nous nous sommes mouillé les pieds pour aller la chercher ?
à quoi bon ce qui sent l’école ?”
Henri David Thoreau. Journal. Janvier 1852.