Visual Elements: The artwork features a harmonious blend of muted hues, predominantly in shades of green, gray, and brown. The composition is a visually captivating abstract landscape, with a mosaic-like arrangement of irregular shapes and textures.
Subject Matter: The piece depicts an atmospheric, forest-like environment, with no clearly defined objects or figures. The abstract forms and patterns suggest a sense of nature, foliage, and organic elements.
Artistic Style and Technique: The artist employs a unique application of paint, creating a layered, textured surface that evokes a sense of depth and movement. The overall style is a modernist, non-representational interpretation of a natural scene.
Context: This work is an example of the artist's distinctive abstract expressionist approach, where the focus is on the process of painting and the creation of a unique visual experience, rather than the depiction of a specific subject matter. ...
Pestana’s research centralizes around humans who live in deprived areas. Her objective is to highlight the devastating environments in which people suffer due to the vulnerability of both state and social passivity. She relies on the worldview and mythology engrained in each community who share their unique story, and in turn helps emphasise human wealth above material. For Pestana, the greatest irony of
globalization is perhaps the fact that it has served to increase the gaps that separate us. Her projects seek to create empathy by highlighting ideas that are universal: the fragility of love, love of our loved ones, suffering in the face of loss and the desire of a better life. ...
