Oscar Eduardo de Paz Original "Dangerously Beautiful #2" Painting

In my artwork, I explore, investigate, and experiment with ideas and questions that emerge from my observation and reflection of the world and my life experience. My art explores perennial ideas and questions about the human experience such as artistic expression, cultural identity, human relationships, and our connection to nature. My artwork often includes motifs of flowers, insects, birds, folk dancers, geometric shapes, and various animals to symbolize these themes. The motifs are often laden with cultural, spiritual, and mythological meanings. I hope to create moments where viewers can reflect on their own thoughts and feelings to their relationship to nature and the human experience, and have a genuine experience of awe, wonder, and thoughtfulness. "Dangerously Beautiful #2" is painted in professional quality gouache to ensure lightfastness. I prefer to use gouache, aside from the nostalgic quality of the medium, it allows for me to have a more environmentally friendly art practice than other media. I favor an expressive style that makes the brush strokes a vivid part of the work, while keeping a touch of realism, but only in service of design. I want you to feel the piece and know that you are looking at a piece of art that is interpreting reality not trying to just depict or replicate it.