Po rtugue s e artist
Belinha Silva
mixed m edia
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
In 2004, a health problem
changed the course of my
life and finally helped me
dedicate time to Art even
though my background was
in finance and accounting.
I like to use varied
materials, textures, and colors.
Beginning last year, I focused
on what I love more about
art (the mixture of materials,
textures, colors, the profusion
of details, allegorical subjects
and imaginary etc.), as well as
various painting techniques.
In my eagerness to create out-of-the-ordinary works using my
techniques, it came to mind to use the fragments of a white porcelain vase.
To create them, I first draw the outlines of the subject and baked them at
750º. Then, I painted these fragments with various pigments, inlays, gold, or
other mediums and bake them again, at a temperature ranging from 750º
to 850º depending on the desired result. Finally, I repaint and fire them, as
many times as necessary, in order to arrive at the final result.
My mixed technique consists of painting the canvas in acrylic. Then, I
create the table using painted porcelain fragments, as explained previously.
Finally, I fix them on the canvas in order to get a work unlike any other.
This innovative mixture of art techniques, using canvas and porcelain
fragments, offers to me the opportunity to develop my creativity - creating
inimitable and contemporary artworks.
The Rhinosards
Mixed Media: Acrylic painting on canvas
and painted porcelain fragments
77 x 77 x 4 cm
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Distant Gazes
78 x 98 x 4 cm
Mixed Media: Acrylic painting on
canvas and painted porcelain fragments