Description
Welded steel sculpture depicting two trees rising from a natural wood base, evoking the strength and calm of the seashore. Each detail reflects the artist’s mastery and sense of movement.
- Artist: Gilles Drolet
- Title: La paire sur la mer
- Year: 2025
- Materials: welded steel and natural wood
- Dimensions: 17½ x 12½ x 21½ in
A poetic tribute to coastal trees, forever bathed in the light of the sea.
The artist
Gilles Drolet
Beaulac-Garthby
Native of the Quebec City region, I was introduced to sculpture as a teenager by my grandfather. I discovered the pleasure of working with wood, but I had to give up this activity for professional reasons.
After a busy professional career, I began to dream of working with metal without having the slightest notion of the requirements of this material. I would even wake up at night imagining ways to make metal tree sculptures. I asked a specialist in industrial welding to give me basic welding training, after which I invested myself intensely in this universe.
A few weeks later, I had made my first tree. A little puny, almost sickly, this first tree was still the object of great pride because I saw the trees to come. The following took the panache; they have become more costly, more provided, more alive.
These trees that I develop represent for me the strength and stubbornness of life. Climbing a tree to the sky requires perseverance, resistance and adaptation: a reflection of many human lives ... Each new branch proclaims hope and renewal.
Hoping that the emotions I experience when creating my works can be transmitted to you.