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This heartfelt collection of 6 unique abstract paintings was birthed from a story a friend of mine shared with me .- a story that it isn’t, very sadly, a rare one. Where a person feels they don’t belong, feel they have nothing else to give, feels empty, sad and want to hurt themselves to end that feeling. “Worth Your Weight in Gold” has six parts: Rupture, Broken, Exposed, Waves of Realization, Acceptance & New Path.
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Growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina I always had an interest for art, clay & plaster sculptures, charcoal drawings, markers illustrations but it wasn't until I faced my second unrelated cancer that I immersed myself in acrylic paintings where all this amazing odyssey started.
And today you become part of my history.
Today I use many different mediums to create original art such as oils, watercolours, acrylic & ink paintings
I believe that working in a single medium is restrictive to my artistic process.
However I find myself utterly in love with oils...
Each idea manifests in its own individual style and medium.
I enjoy walking by the sea when I can (some of us give walking for granted until its hard to walk just a few steps) in my spare time, my dog running around the rocks and getting her paws wet is my happy place!
Many of my pieces are directly influenced by these hikes in nature. I love letting the beach, the wind, the sun, the rain and everything in between materialize in my work.
I would like to respectfully acknowledge that the land on which I reside and work is in traditional unceded WSÁNEĆ territory.
In the beginning it was the Saanich teaching to look after Mother Earth. All of the animals, the birds, the trees and the salmon, even the wind, were, and still are, people.
For many years the people remembered the words of the creator (XÁLS) and there was a long period of happiness and plentiful food. Then they began to forget those teachings.
The creator’s feelings were hurt that the people began to forget his good teachings, so the creator told the people that a great flood would come and said: “You prepare yourselves.”
The people prepared a cedar rope and gathered their food and all of their possessions. The tide waters began to rise. The people loaded all of their belongings into their canoes.
Some people did not heed XÁLS teachings. They were not prepared and were washed away. Their canoes were destroyed.
The water rose higher and higher. The people paddled to the highest mountain nearby. The trees were still above the water. They tied themselves to an arbutus tree on top of the mountain.
Soon the tops of the trees were covered with water. They were afraid and prayed to survive the great flood. They asked XÁLS to take pity on them.
After many days, a crow came and landed on the bow of the canoe. He was carrying a stick and was talking to the people. The crow had brought the good news.
Suddenly a mountain began to emerge in the distance. One of the men said, “NI QENNET TTE W̱SÁNEĆ”, (translated means, “Look at what is emerging”), as he pointed to the mountain emerging in the distance.
Before they left the mountain, they gathered around the huge coil of cedar rope and gave thanks. They said from now on this mountain will be called LÁU,WELNEW (Place of refuge). They also said, “We will be called the W̱SÁNEĆ” (The emerging people).
XÁLS heard their prayers. XÁLS said he would not punish the people by flood again. The people who were saved are the ancestors of the Saanich Tribe today.
This is our heritage.
Your support and contributions will enable the artist to meet her goals and be able to continue painting during and after Covid-19.
Your generous donation will fund her mission to continue birthing meaningful art into this world that needs it to much.
