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Helen Padilla My art is a stage for my emotions. It is an exhibit of my reality and imagination. Here, I yearn to stand, independent of memory, autonomously from my real world self. Each painting illuminates the momentary feelings of identity, relationship and life. They define my failures, hopes, and loves. Painting gives me a strange certainty about these feelings. I feel alive, valid, and free. Like emotions, my works are complex and layered affairs. I use acrylic paint on a base of canvas or wood. In addition to brushes, I employ knives, pencils, rags and my bare hands. I strive for a soft and translucent texture to entice the viewer from a wide range of distances. As a group, my paintings compose a self-portrait. They are a composite rendering of my own truth. Individually, they are pieces to inspire your own reflection. |
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