The word “petroglygh” comes from petros or petra in Greek which means stone and from glyphein for engraving.

The oldest petroglyphs date back to the Neolithic and the end of the Upper Palaeolithic. They precede pictograms and writing.

Primitive societies used them to communicate. They are found almost on all continents, except in the Antarctic.

They have cultural and religious significance. I discovered my first petroglyphs in Arizona, visiting the petrified wood national park a few years ago in the United States.

I could not help but making the connection between these signs engraved in the rock and the symbols that can be found elsewhere, whether on textiles and painted houses or pottery in Africa or in aboriginal art in Australia.

They talk about herds, hunting, shamans, spirits … in short, they tell us about the lives of men since the dawn of time.

At the death of my father, they appeared in my painting allowing me to reconcile my daily life with the lost worlds. The history of men continues to be written on different supports whether they are rocks or canvases. The traces we leave from our passage bring us closer to immortality….