Leaving a mark. Since the beginning of time, humankind has sought to leave its mark, and art has often been the best vehicle for this. Peïo is in search of others, and it is through portraiture that he develops a sensitive, poetic, and colorful pictorial universe. Painting as a medium to evoke the diversity of emotions within the human soul. In this series of portraits, he multiplies and blends techniques with a particular evocation of Africa and South America, continents he has recently explored. His work focuses on humanity, and one can see through his drawings, paintings, and sculptures the sincerity of his artistic intention. His work is sometimes raw or naive, but the emotion emanating from his faces resonates because his subjects possess a soul, a gaze that, beyond their pictorial representation, tells a story. Thus, Peïo offers a journey, a journey beyond oceans and continents, an inner journey into the very essence of the diversity of human beings.