By
Elisa Niva
Piece description from the artist
'from the smoke and ash' acrylic painting by contemporary artist Elisa Niva, Acrylic on raw canvas 33 inches x 29 inches.
This large fluid abstract work is inspired by the idea of destruction of a wildfire making way for rebirth. The contrast of the charred and worn effect with the pops of color and the rising oval figure above the char representing the natural worlds process of starting anew after destruction. My cat actually bears a signature on this work, on the upper right corner you can see a tentative paw tap. A happy accident that is one of my favorite touches to this work.
Dark and light, bright and muted colors interplay on the canvas. Elisa's intuitive works start off as stain painting, with the paint going into and even through the canvas. Her work is characterized by and interplay of bright colors balances with earthy nuetrals. Elisa is inspired by depicting unseen energies and emotions onto canvas, leaning into the beauty of happy accidents, organic flow, texture, detrition and layered sheer washes.
This artwork is signed by the artist, unframed.
Lifelong nomad Elisa Niva (b. 1993) is a painter and designer currently based in Philadelphia. A experimental creator her career started in fashion design where she had the opportunity to travel all over the world and get exposed to cultures and beauty and design all over the world. Inspired by her learning and exposure to ancient and modern art, design and architecture in the smallest villages to the biggest cities she started painting after quitting her corporate fashion job as a way to re discover and recenter her intuition as a creative.
Elisa's intuitive works start off as stain painting, with the paint going into and even through the canvas with bright colors balanced with earthy nuetrals. Elisa loves experimenting with unconventional ways of creating an image. Leaning into her lack of traditional official training she allows her intuition and eye for proportion to guide her as she creates her work. Elisa is inspired by depicting unseen energies and emotions onto canvas, leaning into the beauty of happy accidents, organic flow, texture, detrition and layered sheer washes.
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