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"Thoughts are ephemeral, they evaporate in the moment they occur, unless they are given action and material form. Wishes and intentions, the same. Meaningless, unless they impel you to one choice or another, some deed or course of action, however insignificant.” ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice
We often feel ‘stuck’. Stuck in our routines, stuck in the windy path to progress, stuck in the trap of indecision, stuck by comparison to all those around us who appear unstuck. I’ve come to realize, however, that my ‘stuck-ness’ is often not driven by my external surroundings, but is rather a product of constraints I have imposed on my own mind. These mental limitations – or doubts – are what thwart ephemeral dreams from becoming shared, and by consequence, eternal.
My series, Reverie, explores this complex state of mind. It captures the transience of our thoughts, aspirations and dreams, representing how our magical visions remain trapped in the confines of our mind when doubt gets in the way of our movement to materialize them.
Daydream explores the spontaneous nature of daydreams. Our daydreams are short-lived, inconsequential… unless we prompt our bodies to turn this potential energy into kinetic. We spend much of our time projecting into the past and future. This mind-wandering clouds our ability to enjoy the present moment, but it can also spur creative inspiration and foment a rich and colorful, dreamy inner world. But daydreams only become ‘eternal’ when we share them with others in tangible ways – through music, writing, art, touch – letting others in into our innermost world.
Claudia Robles-Gil is a Mexican artist based in Queens, NY who draws from her travels around the world to create vibrant, soulful portals to nature and to her human experience. Her oil paintings use richly saturated color and bold brushstrokes to capture the depth, vibrancy, and intensity of her encounters with the world around her. Most recently, her work has been featured in British Vogue and Vanity Fair UK and exhibited at High Line Galleries in New York City and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Brooklyn, NY.
Claudia's Mexican heritage has imbued in her a deep reverence for nature. Her paintings are rooted in this heritage: everything she puts on canvas is vibrant, deeply infused with color, reminiscent of Mexico’s happy spirit and closeness with Earth. For her, nature serves as a pathway to the divine, and it is this very path that she explores through her art, inviting viewers to experience nature's power and the transcendent emotions it evokes firsthand.
While her focus is on capturing the beauty and interconnectedness of our psyche to nature, Claudia also experiments with portraits and mystical subject matter to explore her personal psychological and spiritual experiences. By sharing her art with others, Claudia hopes to inspire a profound appreciation for the world around us and a deeper awareness of our place within it.
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