"The Gaze of Hayla" Painting
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
23.6 W x 31.5 H in
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Where there is no water, they carry seeds.” Inspired by Afar women, this figure emerges with black braids like lava paths and eyes the color of the Djibouti sea. Her rigid, geometric hair like that of the Afar warriors once hid knives and amulets to face the desert winds. The blue tones evoke the ...
Year Created:
2024
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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
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One-of-a-kind Artwork
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23.6 W x 31.5 H x 0.4 D in
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No
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Not Framed
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Ecuador.
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Valentina Torres (Quito, Ecuador, 1997) is a self-taught painter and figurative artist whose work explores symbolic portraits of women from ancestral cultures. Though she holds a degree in mechanical engineering, her artistic calling emerged at the age of 16 when she began drawing faces, eventually developing her own acrylic painting technique.
Her most recent series, "Women Without Faces, Timeless Legacies", pays tribute to tribal women from Africa-warriors, healers, and leaders whose stories survive through oral tradition, though their faces were never recorded. Through symbolism, vibrant colors, and creative reinterpretation, Torres connects these women's legacies to her own story as a Latin American woman working in traditionally male spaces.
Her painting style combines symbolic realism with ethnographic references, honoring female strength, dignity, and ancestral memory. Valentina is currently preparing her first solo exhibition and seeks to bring her work to global platforms that amplify women's stories and cultural identity.
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