1968 marked the ‘beginning of a time of "unbridled enjoyment" in which taboos were challenged, girls wore trousers and bikinis, and went topless on the beach. In his panels, as well as the traditional treatment of water that evokes purity, and freshness, the painter tackled other notions he holds dear: movements, reflections, transparency, plays of light, the relationship between sky and liquid surface, and between fluidity and solidity, the way in which water deconstructs the sunlight, and the graceful emergence of forms. The realistic depiction of bodies is emphasised by their glow, achieved thanks to the lacquered acrylic on a fibreglass base’.
