The laundry - La Lessive

My inspiration was born from an image published in the superb book of Yann Arthus-Bertrand: "La Terre vue de Ciel". That picture, "lessive dans le marigot", allowed me to recreate a world that I love: symmetry in the background, the repetition of the forms for the rhythm and the freedom of the composition. With this painting, I can show the will of those professional laundry workers, bent over all the clothes, working for the few pennies that will let them eat.