COLORS THROUGH MY HOPEFUL EYES SERIES
The Works on Paper Series was born out of the COVID pandemic. Amidst the pandemic, where everything seemed unbalanced and unsafe to us, I was feeling stuck and full of uncertainties, as many people did. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, I wasn't able to use my studio space anymore. I stepped back from my paintings and my career. I felt at a loss. I was in no mood to paint with the circumstances going on in our world and I just stopped. I couldn't see my grandchildren, couldn't visit my family in Brazil. It was depressing and I had no motivation to work. I felt like I was waiting for my "old life" to get back to "normal" again for me to restart from where I stopped.
Suddenly I started to feel an immense will, a necessity to create something new, fresh...
I started to work with paper as my background and watercolors as my primary medium, followed by many other mediums which I am already familiar with. Surprisingly, I loved working with watercolors so much. I loved the ebb and flow of the watercolor. It has a fluidity that makes the washes keep going freely, an incredible beauty in its colors and it can stop anywhere, wherever it is. Soon I saw myself completely involved and absorbed in this new step and new challenge and I am just letting myself go with it. I also use ink, charcoal, graffiti, acrylic, pastel, collage, marker, pencil, oil pastel and oil stick simultaneously in this process. My creative energies returned! It was the start of something new.
Colors Through My Hopeful Eyes #B23
