Raquel Lopes

"There Is No Room for Me Right Now & Yet There Is Only Room for Me; For I Must Heal"

Painting
2023
Acrylic and Gesso on Wooden Panel
48'' x 24''
This artwork is a re-discovery of myself. Researching self-development, healing from trauma, and beginning to show up more for myself as apposed to pleasing others at the cost of my own inner connectivity with myself. This piece was freedom, freedom to paint where I am at this moment, loving embracing portraiture drawing and painting, while still enjoying expressing big gestures. Part of it too was acceptance, that I'm not fully there yet and that, that's okay, it's a journey and it's worth living. While I love working with oil paints I chose acrylic paints for this series because after much exploration, it was clear that spontaneity in my painting and creating with intuition was an important part of my process. The immediacy of acrylics allowed for the most authentic expression of my feelings in that moment and best captured the gestures.

Share with someone

"There Is No Room for Me Right Now & Yet There Is Only Room for Me; For I Must Heal"
"There Is No Room for Me Right Now & Yet There Is Only Room for Me; For I Must Heal"
divider
2023, GradEx
OCAD University

Work by

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]