Piece description from the artist
Under A Bright And Hollow Sky was inspired by rainbow-colored iridescent clouds I saw one morning when I was out walking before dawn. Cloud iridescence is a rare event caused by tiny ice crystals catching the sunlight high above the Earth. In this painting, I tried to capture the wonder and awe of looking up at the glistening, shifting colors of the sky.
I started with an under-painting process that naturally creates organic forms. Then I tightened up those forms by painting structural lines and marks. This layering technique mirrors the larger theme of my work: the hard edges of our structured world contrasted against the organic forms of the natural world. It also explores the idea of your deeper self, your wilder side, your inner desires—which you may not even be aware of—peeking out through your higher self, to make you whole.
The art of Cynthia Ligeros incorporates impressionist elements that reveal an inner landscape to the viewer, an image at once familiar and transcendent. She seeks to explore our place in a world that we have created, yet one which also creates us.
Her paintings often begin with a single driving emotion. From that, an image develops, inspired by the colors, cycles and feelings of the environment.
Sunsets, moonscapes, flowers, the changing seasons — all of these are sources of inspiration, adding richness and layers of complexity to her paintings.
Even industrial spaces and structures figure prominently in her work, contrasting the artifice of the cityscape against the limitless beauty of the sky.
As she paints, she redefines the spaces around us and how they connect to our lives.
Her artwork was recently acquired by Colorado Creative Industries for the newly remodeled Ketchum Arts and Sciences Building at CU Boulder.
Her art has appeared at the Denver Mayor’s Residence, Denver International Airport, the Madden Museum, Denver Botanic Gardens, Professional Artist Magazine, FOX News, and galleries from San Francisco to New York City.
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