* M Y Q U A R A N T I N E A R T *
Diaries of my creative lockdown / Coronavirus 2020 in Madrid, Spain
[Abstract and geometric figurative art, a lot of color palettes in my sketchbook and studies of empty embraces]
When I started my quarantine period I felt very uncreative and discouraged. I felt that something had broken in me and that a new cycle had to begin inevitably. My head was blocked by the strange new situation, by uncertainty and grief. But I am a very restless person and it is very difficult for me to stand off, so I decided that I was not going to stop drawing even though my creativity level was very low. For this reason I started a new sketchbook in which I just let myself go, playing like a little girl with very simple flat colored blocks and without any concise form. This process has been very stimulating, inspiring and productive, because I have discovered that I am fascinated by geometric and abstract figurative art and also this notebook now seems to me like a treasure where I keep many wonderful color palettes.
Also, I have been very obsessed with recreating loneliness through women in their room looking out the window and I have thought a lot about embraces.
This quarantine has been complex but on a creative level I feel happy because I have been productive, I have enjoyed this new abstract phase and also now I have many new ideas that I want to develop from these concepts.
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Al iniciar mi período de cuarentena me sentí muy poco creativo y desanimada. Yo sentí que algo se había roto en mí y que un ciclo nuevo tenía que empezar de manera inevitable. Mi cabeza estaba bloqueada por la nueva y extraña situación, por la incertidumbre y por el desconsuelo. Pero yo soy una persona muy inquieta y me resulta muy difícil estar parada, así que decidí que no iba a dejar de dibujar aunque sintiera muy bajo mi nivel de creatividad. Por este motivo empecé un nuevo cuaderno de bocetos en el que simplemente me dejé llevar, jugando como una niña con bloques planos de colores muy sencillos y sin ninguna forma concisa. Este proceso me ha resultado muy estimulante, inspirador y productivo, porque he descubierto que me fascina el arte figurativo geométrico y abstracto y además este cuaderno ahora me parece un tesoro donde guardo muchas paletas de colores maravillosas. Además, he sentido mucha obsesión por recrear la soledad a través de mujeres en su habitación mirando por la ventana y he pensado mucho en los abrazos.
Esta cuarentena ha sido compleja pero a nivel creativo me siento feliz porque he sido productiva, he disfrutado de esta nueva fase abstracta y además ahora tengo muchas nuevas ideas que quiero desarrollar a partir de estos conceptos.
[Gouache, acrylic, watercolor and pastel on paper. On the other hand, a lot of digital minimal sketches with Procreate]
[I'm obssesed with blue, yellow ocre, orange and women in their rooms]
[My sketchbook has been a precious treasure for me in my lockdown. I expressed a lot of sensations through color palettes and minimalistic forms]
[Mutations of empty embraces]
