
Photo by Claire Weibel
Willow Baulf is an english painter and ceramicist currently based in the South of France.
She makes sculptures out of hand thrown pots, showing craftsmanship under a different light.
Her colourful paintings invite you to feel and experience the piece, and to make yourself at home in the painting.
Willow Baulf est une céramiste et peintre actuellement vivant dans le sud de la France.
Elle crée des sculptures à partir de volumes en argile tournés, ainsi mettant en lumière le champ de l’Artisanat dans l’Art Contemporain.
Ses peintures colorées vous invitent à ressentir le confort de l’espace et à vous plonger dans ses oeuvres.
I have been throwing clay for about a decade now. Many people say that my thrown works aren’t art, or that they simply can’t be and upon hearing that my determination to prove the contrary becomes stronger. I am eager to give this ancient technique it’s own way of existing through sculpture in our contemporary era.
Even though I had been taught how to make and use colours at a young age, painting came to me much later. I think you just have to pick up a brush and start. My good friend Vincent once looked me straight in the eye and said “(…) you know what, Willow, you can’t go wrong because there is no good or bad way of painting”. And I agree.
Anyway, welcome.
Je tourne de l’argile depuis maintenant une dizaine d’années. L’on me dit souvent que les volumes que je tourne ne sont pas des oeuvres d’Art, ne pourront jamais l’être et sont enfermés dans le cadre de l’artisanat. Cette réflexion me pousse ainsi à prouver le contraire. Je souhaite accorder une place unique et autonome à cette technique ancienne à travers la sculpture contemporaine.
Dès mon enfance, la fabrication de couleur et la façon de s’en servir m’ont été enseignées mais la peinture m’est venu plus tardivement. Mon cher ami Vincent une fois m’as regardé droit dans les yeux et m’a dit “tu sais Willow, il n’y a pas de bonne ou mauvaise peinture”. Et je suis entièrement d’accord.
Je vous souhaite alors la bienvenue.

four vases, 49 x 53 cm, acrylic on fabric, 2025

Four vases, A3, acrylic on paper, 2024, private collection.

Seven lilies, Acrylic on sheet, 123 x 114 cm, 2024

Lillies in a vase, Acrylic on satin, 74 x 86 cm, 2024

Flowers, acrylic on satin, 70 x 70 cm, 2024

Two flowers and an angular vase, Acrylic on Laura Ashley print cotton, 30 x 50 cm, 2024

A rose between lilies and irises, Wall paint, acrylic and watercolour on fabric, 100 x 86 cm, 2024

Last painting as a 22 year old, 160 x 90, acrylic on satin, 2025.

Flowers and vases, 100 x 40 cm, acrylic on satin, 2025.

Flowers of my heart, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm, 2025.

Two irises, acrylic on canvas, 21 x 21 cm, 2024, private collection.

Théo's space, Acrylic, watercolour and gouache on cotton, 120 x 90 cm, 2024, Private collection

Lillies in my living room, Acrylic, wall paint and watercolour on cotton, 140 x 140 cm, 2024

The living room from the Gekkos terrarium, Acrylic and watercolour, 50 x 87 cm, 2024, private collection

Coffee and flowers for two Acrylic on canvas, 127 x 150 cm, 2024

Picon for two lovers, 120 x 90 cm, Acrylic, watercolour and gouache on canvas, 2024

Summers in Orsans, 90 x 54 cm, Acrylic and watercolour on cotton, 2024, private collection

Port next to the pool, Acrylic, watercolour and gouache on canvas, 160 x 90 cm, 2024, private collection

Pears and Grandma's red vase, Acrylic and watercolour on cotton, 115 x 109 cm, 2024, private collection

Wisteria and wine, Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 cm, 2024

Through the window, Acrylic and wall paint on cotton, 150 x 190 cm, 2024

Big yellow vase with flowers, acrylic, pastel and watercolour on cotton, 110 x 113 cm, 2024

The white sofa, 160 x 90 cm, acrylic and wall paint on linen, 2024

Alocasias and whisky for two, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 cm, 2024.

Monsteera and company, acrylic on fabric, 50 x 50 cm, 2025.

Martini and cigarettes, acrylic and watercolour on canvas, 25 x 25 cm, 2024

Plants in our bedroom, 81 x 76 cm, acrylic on linen, 2025.

Deep sleep, 122 x 84, acrylic and watercolour on cotton, 2025.

Blue on yellow N°1, 160 x 90 cm, Acrylic on cotton, 2024

Blue on yellow N°2 160 x 76 Acrylic on cotton 2024

The comfort of blue and yellow, n°1, 100 x 67, Acrylic on canvas, 2024

The comfort of blue and yellow N°2, 55 x 86, Acrylic on canvas, 2025

Blues bar, acrylic on sheet, 115 x 127 cm, 20204

Apéro avec les copains, poster A3, acrylic on paper, 2024

Martini for two, 110 x 84, acrylic on canvas, 2025

Still life with ceramics N°1, acrylic on fabric, 48 x 41 cm, 2025.

Still life with ceramics N°2, acrylic on fabric, 55 x 41 cm, 2025

interior with stairs and lilies, 100 x 60 cm, acrylic o n canvas, 2025

Figure féminine, A3, crayon 6B sur papier, 2024

premier nu à l'acrylique, acrylique sur papier, 60 x 50 cm, 2024

Nu, A5, crayon graphite sur papier, 2024

Nu de dos, A5, crayon graphite sur papier, 2024

Se déshabiller, A5, aquarelle sur papier, 2024

Fesses, A4, aquarelle sur papier, 2024

Nu au fusain, fusain sur toile enchâssé, 2025

Nu, acrylique sur toile, 30 x 30 cm, 2025

Vue de dos, 18,5 x 20 cm, acrylique et fusain sur tissu, 2025

Bath N°1, 60 x 40 cm, acrylic on satin, 2025

Bath N°3, 40 x 25 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2025

Bath N°3, 105 x 66cm, acrylic on canvas, 202

Bath N°4, 51 x 61 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2025

Bedside flowers, ink on paper, 28,5 x 21 cm, ink on paper, 2025

Big plants in/outdoors,30 x 16 cm, ink on paper, 2024, private collection

Chez Vincent depuis la cuisine, 28,5 x 21 cm, inc on paper, 2025

Flowers, vases, inside, 28,5 x 21 cm, ink on paper, 2025

Apéro chez Victor, 14 x 20,5 cm, ink on paper, 2024

Interior with a big lamp, 28,5 x 21 cm, ink on paper, 2025.

Interior with books, 28,5 x 21 cm, ink on paper, 2025.

Three pots with three bouquets, 28,5 x 21, ink on paper, 2025

Interior with oblong table, 28,5 x 21 cm, ink on paper, 2025

Tourner autour du pot, mixed clays,, 2m67, 2024 Project directed by Inès Lavialle and exhibited at the gallery Omnibus.

Freshly trimmed vessels, straight off the wheel.

Apache clay and red smooth stoneware, raw clay

Dry pots, ready to be fired, mixed clays.

close look

First test with fired vessels.

Tourner autour du pot, nighttime.

Mixed clay tests, mini vessels varying from 5 to 20 cm.

Mixed clay tests, mini vessels varying from 5 to 20 cm.

Freshly trimmed test pieces, various shaped vessels.

Coarse earthenware, 15 cm, 2024

Vase, 16,5 cm, black coarse earthenware, 2024

small vase, black earthenware from Saint Amand, 10 cm, 2024

Vase in coarse white stoneware, 18 cm, 2024

Wiggly vase, 15,5 cm,white and red earthenware, 2023

Two stoneware vases, 10 cm and 11 cm, Saint Amand stoneware, 2024

Two coarse white stoneware vases, 18 cm and 21 cm, 2024

Curvy vase, 16 cm, Saint Amand stonemare, 2024

Series of four glazed vessels, earthenware and glaze mixes, 2022, private collection.

Series of glazed vessels, earthenware and glaze mixes, 2022.

Close up of vase and cup, earthenware and mixed glazes, 2022

Round decorative bowl, earthenware and mixed glazes, 2022.
Fruit bowl, earthenware and green glaze mix, 17 x 5 cm, 2018, private collection.
Green bowl, earthenware and mixed glazes, 15 x 7 cm, 2020, private collection.
Study of my eye as a bowl, earthenware and mixed glazes, 15 x 7 cm, 2020, private collection.
Blue and yellow experiment, earthenware and mixed glazes, 10 x 10 cm, 2020, private collection.
View of the inside of a coffee cup, stoneware and mixed glazes, 6 x 3 cm, 2019, private collection.
Ashtray modelled on the grip of my hand, earthenware and glaze experiment, 2018, private collection.
Ashtray modelled on the grip of my hand, earthenware and glaze experiment, 2018, private collection.
Ashtray, stoneware and mixed glazes, 2017, 7 x 3 cm, private collection.

Blue vase, 15 x 5 cm, stoneware and mixed glazes, 2023, private collection.