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Portugal
Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Size: 23.6 W x 23.6 H x 2 D in
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This is the first leaf in a collection of “monstera” leafs with different colors and patterns that I am creating. “Gold over blue” is the title of this work, because I wanted my first leaf to result from a “perfect” combination of colors, with a strong symbolic meaning. The word “monstera” in Latin means “monstrous”. It is a powerful plant due to its name and the way it develops. It has a unique shape that captivated me. Each leaf is unique and has your digital print. The holes give the plant a charm and are made randomly by Nature itself. Monstera is also known as Adam's Rib, because it has a shape that looks like a rib and also has the shape of a heart in its natural position. It is a broad, vibrant green plant full of vitality. This tropical aspect gives it a very elegant and exotic look, which really captivated me. But this leaf goes far beyond its tropical beauty, it is full of meaning and symbolism that I wanted to explore in a creative way. This piece is inspired by the Japanese kintsugi technique, a technique that has greatly inspired my latest work and which consists of repairing broken pieces with gold, giving these pieces a new life, the result of a perfect imperfection, in the sense that the Imperfections can sometimes also be perfect.
Painting:Acrylic on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:23.6 W x 23.6 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Portugal
| Sofia Cravo in Lisbon, Portugal (1983) . Currently living and working in Leiria as Visual Artist, Art Teacher and Visual Merchandiser (Decoration). Graduated in Fine Art, with a Bacherol Honours Degree in Painting at Faculty of Fine Art, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2007). Holds a Masters MA Fine Art at Birmingham City University, England (2009). Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts Education, University of Aveiro (2012). Recently specialized in Art Therapy, by the European University Miguel de Cervantes (2021)| Complementary formation: Art Therapy, Jewellery, Decoration, Graphic Design, Photography.| - Since 2010 exhibits at Salon du Louvre, in Paris. - Frequently participates in National and International exhibitions. Work represented in several National and International Collections. | ABOUT MY WORK My practice incorporates notions of identity and the self as creative source, appearing as a form of memoir and subjective experience. The vision of myself and my work is covered with many layers of misty images, capturing absence and presence of my body and mind, things are partially or mostly veiled and camouflaged by a skin or a mask. I collate a reservoir of symbolic references. A tactile space dominates, aiming past languages and past stories. The pieces have parallel versions of stories and histories petrified and perpetuated as emblems and symbols, that move through different timelines, I and the "other side of the mirror". | www.sofiacravoart.com (under construction) www.facebook.com/sofiacravoart
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