Épingles d’Or by Hortense Bataille – Crumpled Paper Affiche

In Épingles d’Or (‘golden pins’), Hortense Bataille paints the pine trees of the Marseille coastline as dancing golden silhouettes against an intense cobalt-blue ground. The effect is both decorative and dreamlike – like sunlight caught in the branches at the end of the day.

At 200 × 150 cm, it is a true statement piece for a living room, dining room or above a bed, and pairs beautifully with rattan, wood and natural linen.

The crumpled paper technique

Each panel is printed on recycled paper and then crumpled and worked by hand, giving it a soft, textured, almost fabric-like surface – so no two pieces are exactly alike. A limited edition made in France.

How to hang

Delivered rolled in a cardboard tube. Hang it raw with pins or tacks for a relaxed, studio feel, add a pair of wooden hanging battens, or have it mounted or framed.

About the artist

Hortense Bataille-Watkins lives and works in Marseille. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Caen and in Paris studios, she spent seven years in the United States refining her watercolour, oil and pastel work alongside renowned painters. Her paintings play with light, shadow and bold colour harmonies – nature-inspired, half abstract and half dreamlike, full of joy and energy.

Details

• Artist: Hortense Bataille
• Material: recycled paper, crumpled by hand
• Size: 200 × 150 cm (W × H)
• Weight: 0,8 kg
• Limited edition, made in France
• Delivered rolled in a tube