Painting
A room on Sherbourne
This piece was the first one of a long series, where my focus stopped being centered in realism as it did when I was learning traditional oil painting in Mexico. I have been exploring imaginary spaces- almost sanctuaries- through painting. After a... More
Painting
Automatic Biological Life
When going through isolation, I started an exchange through social media where I asked volunteers to do virtual sittings for me. They sent a picture they liked of themselves, explained to me how they see themselves, and we went through the creative... More
Painting
Automatic Biological Life
When going through isolation, I started an exchange through social media where I asked volunteers to do virtual sittings for me. They sent a picture they liked of themselves, explained to me how they see themselves, and we went through the creative... More
Painting
Automatic Biological Life Series
When going through isolation, I started an exchange through social media where I asked volunteers to do virtual sittings for me. They sent a picture they liked of themselves, explained to me how they see themselves, and we went through the creative... More
Painting
Cacao
This was a commission for a holistic centre (GONG.MX) that I attended during the last year of the pandemic. My favorite therapy was their signature cacao ceremony accompanied by an hour-long gong sound-healing meditation.
Painting
Cadena (Chain)
Small format paintings are always challenging for me. This piece focuses on mangrove vegetation. Mangroves are the most fertile ecosystems since they mark the area where sweet water bodies meet the ocean's salty water, those conditions allow... More
Painting
Fantasmas Desérticos
I was working on this piece for my solo show at Amapola San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. During that time, I was receiving feedback from a mentor and friend Artemio Sepúlveda who is still active in his studio. He belongs to the generation that came... More
Illustration
Flor Oscura (Dark Flower)
This is one of my first digital images and it comes along with an NFT placed in OpenSea running with Ethereum
Painting
Hover
Small format paintings are always a challenge for me so I often approach them by making larger compositions and then cutting them in half to stretch over two different wood-frames.
Painting
Lo que se lleva dentro (What is found inside)
Smaller format paintings are always a challenge for me, so I often approach them by making larger compositions and then cutting them in half to stretch them over two separate wooden frames.
Illustration
Mirror
This is one of the first digital images I made, and it comes along with a NFT placed at OpenSea running with Ethereum.
Painting
Pause
When the pandemic came, I left Toronto and went back home.. after returning just this January, I reunited with this piece. My work shifted and reconnecting with these older pieces feels like being back home. Available for sale
Painting
Root Balance
I was working on this piece for my solo show at Amapola San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. During that time, I was receiving feedback from a mentor and friend Artemio Sepúlveda who is still active in his studio. He belongs to the generation that came... More
Painting
Una montaña se despierta (A mountain wakes up)
Piece created just before the pandemic, made me feel psychic. It was exhibited at La Tangente Mx. Belongs to a private collection in Mexico.
Work by
Paulina Padilla aka. Citronelaa
Painting
“My work navigates the instincts of the body in its different manifestations. Experiencing our body through a screen, can magnify the distraction and entrainement lens through which we encounter the...” [More]