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Drawing and Painting

Raquel Lopes

Internal Storm

Painting
2022
Acrylic and Gesso on Wooden Panel
24'' x 18''
Inward Storm describes the process of transformation. For me at the time, it was beginning to address unrecognized trauma and trying to feel out what those emotions were. By painting through difficulties and really experiencing what I was feeling in that moment without judgement, I was surprised with what came through; Inward Storm explores that.This work developed over months to the place where is it today, by layering various viscosities of gesso over acrylic paint, this painting came to be

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2023, GradEx
OCAD University

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Raquel Lopes

“My art focuses on healing as an experience, more recently stemming from the realization of generational trauma. Through my work I explore my personal journey with self-development. I use art as a...” [More]