Contemporary Cosmic Paintings under Plexiglas 
Abstract Works

Since 2006, Catherine de Saugy has been developing a series of works painted under Plexiglas that mark a decisive turning point in her artistic research. Using a high-definition giclée process, her paintings are transferred to the reverse of PPMA Plexiglas panels, endowing the compositions with exceptional sheen, depth, and luminous intensity. These unique creations sit at the crossroads of contemporary abstract painting, cosmic art, and luminous art objects.

Certain emblematic pieces anchor this series in a spatial, stellar aesthetic: Mars (180 × 123 cm, 2011), Univers (triptych, 120 × 280 cm, 2010), and Lune Bleue (100 × 140 cm, 2005). They testify to the artist’s fascination with cosmic infinity, astral light, and the power of the stars—translated into an abstract, poetic language. Other works—such as DREAM – RÊVE (2007), Golden Storm (2014), and L’Envol (2011)—explore dreamlike atmospheres and inner movements, reaffirming the central role of light and space in her pictorial universe.

Here, Plexiglas acts as a living material: it captures reflections, magnifies color, and transforms each picture into a contemporary cosmic work. Through its brilliance, it brings abstraction into dialogue with the notion of the infinite, giving these compositions an almost galactic dimension. Transparencies become horizons, luminous flows become orbits, and layered colors become abstract cartographies of space.

These contemporary works under Plexiglas are not mere reproductions but unique creations designed to exalt the fusion of traditional painting, digital technology, and cosmic imagination. They place Catherine de Saugy among artists who connect abstract art to the stellar universe, opening a reflection on our relationship to time, space, and the invisible.

Each portrait—of reduced, precise dimensions (about 22 × 22 × 4 cm or 22 × 38 × 5 cm)—is a meticulous object, carefully set under Plexiglas, lending the ensemble visual and emotional nobility. This process gives every work purity of line, delicate luminosity, and a powerful effect of preservation—like a memory suspended between fragility and permanence.

Artistically and technically, Catherine de Saugy creates a subtle hybrid between the realism of portraiture and an elegant touch of fantasy, using Plexiglas as both protective and aesthetic support. Each case reveals a personality and its legacy more than its mere appearance. The artist’s exacting standards are evident in her choice of subjects and their significance—Sidjanski and the idea of Europe; Piccard and Borschberg with Solar Impulse; Dessimoz and the Globe of Science and Innovation; Aebischer and EPFL—and in the delicacy with which she stages their faces beneath the transparent surface.

This series follows a metaphorical, symbolic approach in which Plexiglas becomes casket, memory, protection, and light. It marks a defined stage in Catherine de Saugy’s work, binding portrait, technical gesture, and visual insight into an oeuvre that is at once conceptual and intimate.

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