Dans les bois –  Forêts imaginaires à l’encre de Chine

Dans les bois is an Indian ink painting by Virginie Martin Blaise, created in 2021 as part of the Forêts imaginaires series. Executed on watercolour paper, the work presents a forest interior suggested through a network of dark trunks, branches, and layered washes, opening onto a lighter central space.

The composition is structured around vertical and diagonal lines that frame the image like a passage or threshold. Dense ink areas define the foreground, while diluted washes soften the background, creating a sense of depth and spatial recession. The contrast between solid black forms and translucent greys reinforces the impression of moving through shadow toward light.

More suggestive than descriptive, Dans les bois evokes an interior landscape shaped by memory and perception. The painting invites slow contemplation, where the forest becomes a place of transition and quiet tension, balancing enclosure and openness within an imagined natural space.