Exquisite Arts Magazine Vol 7: Fall Issue- Oct/2017 | Page 15

Your art pieces are both creative
and very distinctive. What is
your artistic background and
what prompted you to create this
unique style of artistry?
Since a very young age I have
always been surrounded and
inspired by artistic expressions,
from ballet, which I practiced for
many years, music and painting. I
remember my mother who is a
retired oil painter now, teaching at
home to her students. I was always
looking forward to those classes to
see what they were doing and what
I could learn from them. My first
experienc e with painting was with
my mother in her studio, using oil
paints and experiencing with
mixed media. Later I started using
acrylics in my works.
While at school and at college, I
was always involved in doing
volunteer works for different
projects from the Art department at
the Metropolitan University in
Venezuela. Later on, I started
presenting exhibitions of my
works which helped me focus and
polish my painting style. I like to
incorporate a diversity of materials
into my creations, producing
rhythm and dynamism in abstract
art.
In my Fauve Series I decided to
use small rocks which I first
painted, and then I used them as
part of the creation, juxtaposing
them to delineate parts of the face
to create tactile textures and to
enhance the facial characteristics
of the women. The use of rocks
also serves to provide a direct
allusion to nature, to which we are
all connected.
How important was it for you to create a series of work that is
centered around exploring the diversity of women in our world?
I wanted to create a series of work representing the women of today, it
doesn’t matter your age, colour, culture, religion, etc. to see that we as
women are leading the world in many areas. We have come very far in
the world and society still expects us to be or behave in certain ways.
It is a way to honor and represent the variety of women.
Many countries around the world have taken enthusiasm in female
empowerment, but there is still so much more we have to accomplish.
It is up to all “men and women” to change the rules of the game and
make them equal. Diversity and respect is a challenge in the world, but
it is changing, and that is great in this revolutionary progress that we
are in.
I am still creating different types of women in this series. We are all
working hard and making a voice in the world, but we still encounter
barriers. Gender should not matter, no more stereotyping.
Why did you choose to work with rocks as opposed to other natural
materials?
I like to use natural materials that I can transform, and the small rocks
that I chose were ideal because I was able to paint them first, and it also
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