Gabriela shared with Mélange . . .
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Most people say that Saint Barth has a reputation for luxury tourism . However , there is another Saint Barth . It is a more authentic , sincere , earthy and natural . It is the Saint Barth of its native people and its exuberant nature .
- Gabriela
About her art beginnings I was very lucky to grow up in a family that was always interested in the arts and was a source of constant stimulation . José Cuneo , one of the few world renowned Uruguayan painters , was my adopted grandfather . He gave me support and guidance . He taught me how to paint while I watched in awe and dreamt about owning his box of 80 Van Gogh pastels .
José transmitted to me his love of painting and his curiosity while developing new techniques mixing different materials . I studied in private art schools and I was fortunate enough to be accepted into the school of Master painter Nelson Ramos . I graduated as a Doctor in Dental Surgery the same year that marked the end of a military dictatorship in our country . The Scholl of Fine Arts was finally able to reopen and I enrolled .
My life was divided between art and healing . I became interested in alternative therapies , at a time when only a very few people were interested . I became a yoga professor , and studied Traditional Chinese Medicine . I discovered the potential power of colors in healing . It was then that I realized that Art had a mission for me ; that our planet needed a real change ; a change beginning with a little act performed by each and every one of us every day .
It was then that I started to paint while being connected to the best of myself and the Universe . My creations are aimed to awaken consciousness , emotions , happiness , positivity , peace and love . Art teaches us to see the world excluding all that is superfluous , simply leaving just the essential . People are able to heal their damaged emotions through color . We unconsciously choose the colors that we need to heal . It is an expression that allows us to discover infinite universes and to write wonderful stories . It is a universal form of expression .
About her compositions I create my compositions beginning with colors and shapes . I like to work with acrylic , collages , drawing with paper and ink , and I do some digital paintings and “ digitalize ” some of my work .
Inspiration comes by itself when one is connected with self and the universe . I have to make a conscious effort to keep going in one direction in order to finish one series . I would need several lives to be able to portray everything that comes to my mind in the form of artistic images .
Living in Saint Bart , surrounded by so much natural beauty , makes it easier . I get inspiration from the pigments of nature , the shapes and the light .
I enjoy photography using a macro-objective lens to discover the minuscule shapes that would elude the attention of a simple look . I often incorporate these shapes into my compositions .
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