Settling down – Feeling Nature’s Breath by Catherine Veilleux – Vernissage

Vernissage: Saturday July 5, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm

Galerie Old Chelsea is delighted to present the wonderful intimate nature photographs of Catherine Veilleux, who presented her magnificent exhibition “Entre-deux” two years ago.

As Veilleux tells us, “After ‘Entre-deux’, which has guided my gaze over the last few years, I’m now presenting images in which one settles down – not by fleeing the tumult, but by embracing it. Anchoring oneself in instability is a fluid dance, and my photographs, imbued with minimalism, reflect this inner journey: they invite us to relax, to breathe, to gently connect with nature’.

Typically composed of two colours, sometimes just one, and largely immersed in blur, her images leave room for the essential, for sensation rather than definition. Mounted on wooden panels and protected by a natural finish, they offer themselves without barriers, without glass, to provide a direct, intimate – almost tactile – presence to the viewer.

At a time of ever-increasing visual noise and constant urgency, Settling Down offers something rare: a quiet, open invitation to linger in complexity and find calm there.  An exhibition not to be missed.