Weeds
always grow, says the old man —
he said it laughing
Chardon depicts blue-violet thistles, painted in close-up against dark mountain grass. The spiky heads and pale stems stand out like small architectures of the meadow.
In Sébastien Bonin's work, devoted to rural life, its traditions and its memory, the thistle belongs to the ordinary flora of pastures: a plant that returns every year, resistant and familiar to those who work the land.