Title: Inherited Sky
Technique: Ink pointillism (stippling)
Medium: Sakura Pigma Micron 03, black pigment ink
Support: Canson paper, 180 gsm, fine grain, natural white
Artwork dimensions: 11.7 × 7.7 cm (4.6 × 3 in)
Sheet dimensions: 21 × 29.7 cm (A4)
Year: 2026
Production time: 20 hours (approximately 300,000 dots)

Inherited Sky is a pointillist double exposure in ink, merging two of Van Gogh's most iconic works: The Starry Night and his self-portrait.

By playing with transparency, I let the swirling night sky dissolve into the contours of his face. The idea is simple: a work is never separate from its creator. It lives inside the artist, from the first spark of an idea until its final realisation. Van Gogh's sky is not painted from outside, it is his inner world made visible.

I chose a small format (11.5 × 7.7 cm) on purpose. It creates an intimate, face-to-face encounter with his gaze, where every dot demands precision and delicacy. It is drawn on a fine-grain, natural white 180 gsm Canson paper, the very first paper I ever used, a deliberate return to where my journey began. Every dot was placed with a Sakura Pigma Micron 03 pen. Over 20 hours of work and more than 300,000 dots, the image slowly emerges from darkness, as if light were born from the shadow itself.

Beyond Van Gogh, this piece speaks to all of us. We are all artists on our own scale, each carrying a project, something alive within us that is waiting to be brought into the world.

Paul Condouret is a 25-year-old French artist from Toulouse, working in ink pointillism, exploring the relationship between visual culture, memory and artistic expression.

Born into a family where art has always held an important place, he was introduced to artistic practice from an early age. Yet he struggled within the traditional education system, often feeling out of place and searching for his identity. Art became the space where he could express himself freely, and where he naturally belonged.

Despite earning a degree in business and later a bachelor's degree in digital studies, his connection to art never faded. Over time, his creative calling resurfaced, as if his younger self had returned to show him the path he was meant to follow. His return to art is not simply a career change, but a reconnection with an essential part of who he is.

He discovered pointillism and began practicing it at the end of 2024. Inspired by art history, he reinterprets existing imagery and gives it new meaning through the slow accumulation of ink dots. What fascinates him is the paradox of bringing light into existence through the darkest shades, a contrast between shadow and light that drives his exploration. The technique is also meditative and introspective. The repetition of gestures, the attention to detail and the slow, meticulous process turn each creation into a contemplative experience, where time itself becomes a medium. He works across scales, from intimate small formats to monumental pieces measuring over one metre.

His work has attracted commissions from major brands. For Lacoste's celebration of one million TikTok followers, he created a piece built on a simple, symbolic idea: one million dots for one million followers. For a luxury automotive brand, he created artworks for their offices and now produces bespoke pieces for their clients, presented at the moment their vehicle is delivered, an unforgettable moment for them. In May 2025, he took part in his first exhibition, a group show at the Galerie Vivienne in Paris's 2nd arrondissement.

His practice is an ongoing inquiry into perception, light, memory, and the dialogue between past and present.