“Looking at the leaves, you realize they are looking back at you.”

Paulin Paris’s Tapis de feuilles (“carpet of leaves”) is a vibrant, meditative homage to the quiet abundance of the forest floor. This large-scale work evokes a soft tapestry of fallen oak leaves scattered across a field of pale greens, ochres, and warm earth tones, with a rhythm that suggests both stillness and slow seasonal change. At a second glance, you no-tice small faces peaking out from behind the foliage - a reminder of our relationship with nature. Rendered in with Paris’s signature touch and designed to be hung as a tapestry —the surface adds a sense of ephemeral softness to the space it inhabits.

Framed by a delicately painted border reminiscent of both wallpaper trim and neoclassical ornamentation, the piece nods to decorative arts and domestic space while remaining deeply rooted in the natural world. It blurs the boundary between fine art and interior surface, making it an ideal candidate for collectors, stylists, and designers seeking large-scale works that bring organic warmth and refined pattern into a space.