Original painting: "The first tea of the morning, a piping hot Pu-erh that grabs your hand and says: Come!"

Original painting, by Lalou Kraffe in February 2026:

This painting captures a fragile moment where the morning light grazes the tea bowl, like a first gesture of intimacy with the day. The steaming pu-erh, almost alive, seems to offer a warmth to the hand that invites presence, silence, and slowness.

Lalou transforms this simple ritual into an inner landscape: the steam becomes thought, the color becomes breath, and the setting transforms into a refuge where time slows down.
The work whispers: stay, savor, let the hand warm and the mind settle, like a first meeting between the body and the dawning day.

The painting is a unique work created on a wooden panel (10mm MDF) traditionally prepared with a gesso coating. The painting is entirely done in extra-fine acrylic (Sennelier, Charvin, Liquitex) with 24-carat gold leaf application and created by hand, without any collage or AI...

The XL tray frames are made in Brittany by our partner framer, and the artworks are assembled in our workshop in Auray.