Peau Nature Morte (or Still Life Skin or Piel Naturaleza Muerta) is a project created during the confinement. That time of stress, but also of rejuvenation and self-reflection, my internal thoughts were focused on the notion of gratitude and it allowed me to see and reflect on the positive aspects in this period of great upheaval.My observation of living things, plants in particular, inspired me a lot and was a real support during those strange times. Plants and seeds always grow when they get their essential needs - water, warmth, light and attention. They gave me a lesson of resilience and hope about what is happening outside. I developed a need to grow fruits and other plants. I focused particularly on tropical fruits. This choice is linked to several aspects and characteristics that are related to the perception of my body in the outside world: exoticism, belonging to tropical countries, notions of travelling and importation.  This series is a testimony of my experience of confinement, representing my strength, resistance and resilience in the face of the current situation, but also in the face of past hardships. This series also evokes the weight of the mask that society wants to force me to wear because of the exotic aspect of my identity. The colour of my skin and my Caribbean backgrounds and my gender trigger stereotypes from the Western imagination; an imagination inherited from colonial times. This perception stick to my skin like the scales of a pineapple.  