24/10/20
Art has always been present in my life. Despite I’m not artist I’ve admired art in their different expressions like paintings, music, poetry, literature or photography. My mom was a painter and therefore I remember some painter stuff surrounded me when I was child: brushes, painter’s palettes, canvas, oils, frames, easels, pastels or charcoals and especially the smell of paint fills in the environment whereas my mom was painting. Also, I remember that she went to painting classes and I accompanied her and I saw her passion to do strokes on the canvas, measuring perspective before starting her work. Perspective is “the representation of three-dimensional objects or spaces in two dimensional artworks. Artists use perspective techniques to create a realistic impression of Depth” (Google Search). At the same time depending on the painting, she would be trying to create the effect of shadows or reflections or the effect of the person’s look. My mom always told me that to draw a human figure was really complex and was a challenge for her. Everything needed a specific techniques and knowledge.
My mom was really passionate about Art History and she had a teacher who had a vast knowledge about different art styles depending on the epoch. A remarkable period for us was The Renaissance with its maximum exponents like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael. The way that they drew and sculp people and their expressions was quite impressive as well as the perfection of a look, a smile or a muscle, such is the case of The David by Michelangelo or The Gioconda by Leonardo Da Vinci. The David is a sculpture that was made with marble and is the result of 4 years of intense work “Is the perfection of the most famous sculpture in Florence and, perhaps, in all the world”. (https://www.michelangelo.org/david.jsp)
Source: https://www.boredpanda.com/michelangelo-david-close-up-photos/
Also, we admired Baroque painters. One time we went to the movies to watch the biography of Diego Velazquez and I’ve been astounded by his work on Las Meninas “Is regarded as a dialogue between artist and viewer, with its double mirror imagery and sketchy brushwork that brings every figure and object in the room to life”. (https://www.phaidon.com).
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A terrific activity for my mom was go to the movies with my dad and watch the cycle of art movies in Cine Colombia. Some painters who they watched were Pablo Picasso, Claude Monnet or Leonardo Da Vinci.
Anyway, my mom left me the pleasure of admiring works of art. My favorite artist is Gustav Klimt, I love the colors and subtlety of his paintings. The Kiss, Mother and Child and Water Serpents blow my mind. I’ve realized that I enjoy the paintings that have multicolored and mostly if they are animals’ images such in modern art.
Definitely going to an art gallery and appreciate a painting is a pleasure for me, to understand the meaning or the history behind of artwork is a challenge but at the same time is like to time travel.
Source: http://www.gustavklimt.net/mother-and-child/
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All in all, my mom did a lot of paintings whose protagonists were horses, flowers, country houses and landscapes, probably those are a projection of her likes about nature. She had their paintings like a hobby and a way to be entertained, she didn’t have a business mindset and never did an exposition. However, without having it as a purpose she had customers and sold some of her works sometimes by chance. Leaving part of her in each of her works.
However, it’s a shame that my mom did not get more out of her talent but that’s why I want to take advantage of these social networks to show her legacy.
Therefore, I want to share a link from my Facebook Group, where you can appreciate some of my mom’s works. I hope you enjoy them!
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.395790624929627&type=3
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