All the primordial elements are present in the art of Christine Nicaise : water, air, earth and fire. They contribute to the sober palette of silent nature. In his canvases, there is no inside or outside, because the artist fundamentally rejects the constraint of the frame, which explains why there is no stretcher. So, the canvas lives freely. Christine Nicaise dilutes the layers and rubs them down to transparency. She blurs the colour and gives the material a matt patina. This refined austerity leaves no trace of the brush. We are in the reign of continuity, of purity, of patience, in a kind of time given to time. Always in search of the spontaneous gesture, the artist casts a sign, the energy of which emerges like the promise of an advent. This sign, illegible to our eyes, does not designate, does not enunciate, does not enclose; it enjoys existence before any structuring, before any grammar.