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Painting "Vertical Communities" | Oil And Acrylic Painting in Paintings by Sandra Mack-Valencia. Item made of wood with synthetic
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Painting "Vertical Communities" | Oil And Acrylic Painting in Paintings by Sandra Mack-Valencia. Item made of wood with synthetic
Painting "Vertical Communities" | Oil And Acrylic Painting in Paintings by Sandra Mack-Valencia. Item made of wood with synthetic
Painting "Vertical Communities" | Oil And Acrylic Painting in Paintings by Sandra Mack-Valencia. Item made of wood with synthetic
Painting "Vertical Communities" | Oil And Acrylic Painting in Paintings by Sandra Mack-Valencia. Item made of wood with synthetic

Created and Sold by Sandra Mack-Valencia

Painting "Vertical Communities"

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Creation: 2-5 weeks
Acrylic, transfer and inks on wood panel, 70x29". I grew up in an old fashioned neighborhood where everybody knew everybody. Most of my neighbors were home owners, and we are the second generation that still owns a home in the same neighborhood. However, the last time I visited my country I noticed that neighborhoods like mine are now rare. More and more buildings are being raised, and it does have a social impact since this kind of architecture makes it more difficult to know your neighbor. This painting is a reminder that wether horizontal or vertical, we are still part of a community, so next time you take the elevator with your neighbor, don't be shy and say hi :-)

Category: oil and acrylic painting

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Item Painting "Vertical Communities"
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Sandra Mack-Valencia

New York, NY

Wescover creator since 2020
Contemporary figurative paintings that spark conversations and spread positiveness

My love for arts and in particular painting, has always been there. My dad was a painter, so from a very early age I witnessed the creative process and was exposed to color and forms. Also, in Medellin, where I’m from, storytelling is part of our culture, and I love it! I used to beg my mom and aunts to tell me all kinds of stories when I was a kid, and as a teenager I enjoyed very much reading short stories, essays, tales, fiction, and in particular books that fell into the magical realism genre. Now as an adult, when I look at my paintings, I do see they have a strong narrative aspect component.
I love images. I collect lots of them. Whenever I find an image that speaks to me, I keep it. It might not show up in one of my paintings right away, but eventually it will make its way to my work. I draw inspiration from many other sources like stories, memories, movies, fashion, all that feeds my imagination and my visual vocabulary, but once I start painting the work reaches a moment where it takes off on its own and separates from the story or image that inspired it and becomes a separate individual with its own demands, and it is then that a conversation w/ the paintings starts. It is like a dance, and sometimes like a battle. The painting starts asking for balance, for things to be added or subtracted, for places on tha panel to visually rest -that’s why many times I leave lots of white in the space, because I feel the need of a place on the surface for the eye to rest and take off again. Sometimes I have some idea of what I’m doing, but most of the time that idea shifts and the ending painting is always a surprise. Even though my work has a narrative component, it doesn’t always come after the story, in many cases the painting is first, and then it inspires a story.

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