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(1146) Gabriela De Paz - Over the Curve of the World
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About this artwork
I resonated completely with the page I received. My work often deals with distance and bodies of water. I felt this involved all the elements that inspire me in my work. The page “Over the Curve of the World” sounded to me like the title of an adventure novel. Though its intent was to show proof that the earth is a sphere, the 6 figure illustrations were also narrative and exciting. In creating a work of art based on this I chose to embellish the sense of adventure and mystery that inherently arises from an image of a boat disappearing. I used watercolor, gouache, drawing ink, and colored pencil. Almost the entirety of the painting is done in a variety of gradating blues. Whether it is water or mountains the gradation of colors from light to dark represent distance. The more distance the more mysterious and otherworldly we imagine places to be, which is partly the intent of my work, to produce dreams.
About Gabriela
My artwork is a representation of my feelings, dreams, and memories. I am inspired by traditional Chinese landscape painting, children’s book illustration, and abstract expressionism. I combine the interest I have in these varied artistic mediums to create a style that borders between landscape and abstraction; dreams and nature.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, California I was exposed to a lot of forests and coastal nature. This continues to influence the type of imagery which I produce in both painting and collage. I often think back to my childhood and adolescence to express feelings, places, and experiences I have had.
In collage, I use handmade paper from India, Nepal, and Japan. These papers are works of art already, I tear, and cut them into shapes, sizes, or pieces. I love the process of creating chaos then arranging them back into order. In a sense I do the same while painting in watercolor and gouache. I produce splashes of paint and from there find the image that expresses what I am feeling and thinking. I am currently based in the Valencia region of Spain.
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Gabriela was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 9
On things that interest you and me – Geography.
Over the curve of the world
