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Ericus by FICHOU Oil painting with pyroengraved wood frame, 70 cm by 89 cm Image courtesy of the artist

Ericus, detail by FICHOU Oil painting with pyroengraved wood frame, 70 cm by 89 cm Image courtesy of the artist

Angié by FICHOU Oil painting with pyroengraved wood frame, 67 cm by 86 cm Image courtesy of the artist

Vénus by FICHOU Oil painting with pyroengraved wood frame, 70 cm by 89 cm Image courtesy of the artist

FICHOU is the nom d'artiste of Gilles Fichou of France, whose pyroengraved frames are an integral part of the oil paintings displayed here. They are frames, they are decorative, but they are also an extension of the painting itself. The motifs—and particularly the rendering of the dots and lines that connect the central canvas with the pyroengraved frame—are inspired in great part by the Aboriginal works of Australia.

FICHOU's art exhibits can be found on the Gaujonne website.

FICHOU's story and more of his art work are featured in an article in Pyrograffiti 21 in the January–February 2003 issue of the Woodcarvers Online Magazine (WOM).

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