Nicole Bottet encapsulates time.The singular expression of an artistic career that doesn’t fit into any specific school, delicately presents itself and lets us into an intimate space, a sacred place of muted dialogues. Ungrounded and yet firmly rooted, her large paintings are paralleled by a long trail of letters, photos, old adverts.A bouquet withers on the canvas, its petals fall onto a father’s letter, a declaration of love bursts out of a tablecloth. Conversations become paintings. A red glow slips behind the mountain of letters.The unique demonstration of the sweetness of life amid everyday torment, this painting brings us face to face with a nude haloed in light, a sun-drenched wall, it discovers the sparkle of a crystal, the spontaneity of a vivid red, a deep green. Suspended like a star, gold shines through the obscurity.The work of Nicole Bottet can be seen in private collections and museums throughout Europe, Japan, China, the United States and Canada.Text in English and French.