Valet de trèfle is located in the central stairwell of the Centre des loisirs de Saint-Laurent. This serigraph on plywood is deployed on two walls and rises to the ceiling.
The work offers a stimulating pictorial experience thanks to the assemblage of printed fragments that form an image with many possible readings. The mural contains elements that are recognizable at a glance: brightly coloured moving figures invite a playful reading. The familiar figure of the jack of clubs in a deck of cards refers to loyalty, generosity, and mutual assistance. Like this figure, the green field symbolized by repeated clovers and alternating meander motifs, arrow sashes, and triangles evokes a number of symbolic and metaphoric connections to the place, its vocation, and its users. Visitors may see in it the themes of play and recreation or of multiculturalism.

The project was created in the context of the L’art public dans les arrondissements de Montréal initiative launched as part of the implementation of the City of Montreal’s Cultural Development Policy, with the goal of encouraging greater accessibility to arts and culture.