I make abstract and highly textural paintings built on memories of natural landscapes and our interconnectedness with the environment. My paintings are dimensional and communicate rare moments of witnessing life, growth, light, and form in nature. Color choices represent the extreme possibilities found within a landscape and express the change we see in the life forms around us.
- Natalia Torres del Valle
My art-making process often entails discovering what is underneath the surface and responding to the unpredictable forms that emerge. I repeatedly build up and erode the image using water to break down layers of color, mirroring the natural erosion of the environment. Discarded paint skins are given new life in forms reminiscent of organism systems, fungal growth, and natural formations. A constant exploration of the ephemerality of a material, landscape, and memory sealed in resin to preserve moments in time.
By recasting seemingly ordinary moments as profound, my work encourages a deeper intimacy with, and urgency towards, protecting our natural world.