Carlota Von Rein

I paint objects and places the way people keep them. For luck, for protection, for company. A leaf of aloe pinned above a doorway. A star given a face. A garden built only to be walked through with your eyes closed, to find remembrance.

The work sits between still life and devotional image. I use Baroque light, slow build up of paint, and sometimes real gold, because I want the depictions of the soul to carry the importance of an altarpiece.

With light from me to you.