The first Bathers were born in 1970 in the form of oils on paper. Large horizontal bands of colored washes represent the earth, the water, the sky, followed by large compartmentalized areas, rhythmically arranged in musical chords: a free geometry transposes fields, hills, landscapes into a sort of “poetic geology”. On this light and colorful material, a continuous and serene graphic, in India ink, develops a feminine silhouette with voluptuous curves.
The concerted use of an elegant design and a chromaticism creates an atmosphere of musicality that is both melodic and rhythmic. However, it was not until 1977 that large Bathers were born. The graphics are then obtained "in hollow", by the primary background of the painting worked in superpositions of light layers whose tonal richness produces a surprising effect of transparent material. Until her death, the Bather, universal goddess with broad, maternal forms, mother goddess of mythologies, will inhabit her creator. The continuous graphics will become discontinuous, alternating strength and finesse, to finally often fade away in the material which has become more vibrant, richer in combined effects of marbling, spots, spits: an energy of color never deployed with this intensity.

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"The" Bather "owes its name to the fact that she bathes in the elements, the seasons, the night, the day, the shade, the light, etc ... the space of the canvas representing the cosmic space. Crossed, it is transparency. Depending on the case, rest, meditation, contemplation, awakening. Always, balance, beauty, harmony in the image of the universe to which it belongs "- Th Renne