Jenny mowing the garden at Croix de Chenevaux, is a substantial and exuberant original painting by Clemens Briels, combining the bold colour, sculptural surface and highly personal figurative language that define his mature work. At 90 × 80 cm, the composition has a strong physical presence and is among the more ambitious examples of Briels’ acrylic paintings on board.
The central figure is constructed through interlocking planes of saturated blue, red, orange, pink and turquoise, surrounded by stylised trees, patterned forms and a deep architectural border. Briels’ characteristic use of relief and heavily worked paint gives the surface a tactile quality, allowing the image to move between painting and object. Despite the intensity of the palette, the composition remains tightly controlled, with the figure, landscape and frame integrated into a single decorative structure.
The title connects the painting to Briels’ recurring Croix de Chenevaux imagery. Other works by the artist, including Un jour à Croix de Chenevaux and the sculpture The mower of Croix de Chenevaux, indicate that this setting formed part of a broader thematic group within his oeuvre. In Jenny mowing the garden, the subject is transformed into the kind of colourful, imaginative world for which Briels became known: everyday reality reinterpreted through rhythm, pattern and a distinctly Mediterranean sense of colour.
This is a unique original work rather than an edition. It is hand-signed and titled by the artist and accompanied by a photographic certificate of authenticity signed by Clemens Briels. Presented in excellent condition, the painting combines strong scale, vivid colour and a particularly complete composition.
Within Briels’ oeuvre, Jenny mowing the garden at Croix de Chenevaux stands out as an especially accomplished and visually rich work — a confident example of the artist at his most colourful, sculptural and immediately recognisable.
