Under the cherry tree 5 by Juliette Lepage Boisdron

In this series, the trees are not mere backdrops: they take possession of the entire space, overflowing the frame. Their tentacular branches invade the sky, their trunks rise like wooden cathedrals, and their roots seem ready to break free from the paper. These are monument-trees, world-trees, living presences that dominate, watch over, and tell stories. At the heart of this painted forest, the artist sometimes places couples. Human duos: a man and a woman standing near the trunk, as if confiding a secret to the tree. At other times, she creates unlikely pairs: a woman and an elephant, as though the boundary between the human and the animal had dissolved. Elsewhere, she draws houses nestled in the very heart of the tree, inhabited by female figures who seem to move within its life force. Like a mother watching over her children, the trees protect, absorb, and unite. They gather all these beings beneath the same generous canopy. 

Juliette Lepage Boisdron (b. 1971) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses painting, drawing, and art jewelry. Born in Paris, her formative years were shaped by a culturally nomadic upbringing across North China, the U.S.S.R., the Arab Emirates, and sub-Saharan Africa, experiences that have profoundly informed her poetic and globally resonant artistic vision. She holds a Master’s degree in Art History from Sorbonne University, after which she embarked on a life of continual travel, immersing herself in the diverse cultures and traditions of the places she lived.

This artwork was part of THE HOUSE WE CARRY exhibition in November 2025.