Erick Derac's CEANS Series Explores Impermanence Through Humidity-Based Painting Technique

Erick Derac presents his CEANS series at Galerie Georges Bessière in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île from April 4 to June 28, 2026. The artist, previously known for urban landscapes created from meticulously captured large-format film photographs, now explores painting's relationship with impermanence. Derac's new technique involves working exclusively while the canvas medium remains moist, with each painting concluding once surface humidity reaches zero. This method interrogates the moment of image revelation typically associated with photography. The CEANS works employ tempera, acrylic, lacquers, and mixed media on canvas, with individual pieces measuring 130 x 100 cm. Gallery hours run from 10:30 to 13:00 and 15:30 to 19:00 daily. Derac maintains an active Instagram presence and comprehensive website at erickderac.com. The exhibition addresses fundamental questions about contemporary painting's purpose through a process that borders on the sacred. His earlier photographic work involved enlarging Ektachrome miniatures to architectural scale for international exhibitions. The current series captures the decisive crystallization of pictorial materials as they emerge.