In Coquillay's work, beauty takes on a miraculous dimension... Coquillay has the power to portray forever those instants of happiness, grâce, elegance and purity that are the privilège of adolescence. He fixes a moment in life for eternity. Translating the vital spark into metal, Coquillay does away with the unbearable precariousness of the flesh.

Coquillay started by examining thoroughly ail the major modem sculptors. He possesses their art fully in order to become himself. He reminds us of the cohorts of those who made the twentieth century completely French with Wlerick, Despiau, Maillol, Bourdelle, Janniot, Belmondo, and so many others.

Coquillay is in their mind. Around a sculpture, a thousand references appear of the world of French sculpture, the only one able to link form and feeling.

He has enormous experience. He breathes youth into the strong models born of cubism, giving them the lightness of an end-of the-century Twiggy. By working directly in plaster, he achieves a degree of concision and a purity of line that are ideal for translating elegance, and haughty, harmonious grâce. The young girls portrayed by Coquillay are only juste nubile, but they are ready to spring up and take on life. They discover their body, that Coquillay has taken hold of. Never has the soûl, if it exists within the body, been better portrayed than in the work of this artist.