I was going to toss this piece but the textures were too tempting not to be kept. So now I am working on breathing new life into it. It's like a ritual of rebirth and renewal. #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #figurativeart #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #newcontemporaryart #mixedmediaart #oilpainting #contemporaryfigurativeart https://www.instagram.com/p/CpWG2SaPou5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I have not posted much during my convalescence for plain lack of interest in social media. I oscillate between planning to become less virtually "distant" and refusing to be a "product" (although it's difficult not to become one in this day and age, when your work relies in being in the public eye), squeazing myself to the bone in order for people to see my work like before. I lost interest in the discussions, especially political, since they have not taken most people to a place of reflection or change - rather they have made them even angrier and attached to their views, no matter how twisted. But I have been active, or at least the most one can be when still in some amount of physical pain. I finished a commission, I am resuming paintings, I am writing, and my band will be back to practice this weekend. Not bad. Charcoal warm up I am still deciding what to do with. #patriciaariel #contemporarydrawing #realisticdrawing #charcoaldrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/CpBfgs5PukM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tomorrow is going to be one week after my accident. I am still in quite a bit of pain but so awfully tired of being in bed... Besides, nothing more healing than doing the things you love. So here I go. #patriciaariel #artstudio #artistlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGoN70L5j0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I was recently commissioned to do a reproduction of a work from ten (?) years ago, "Persephone". It's impossible to recreate a work of art with perfect likeness, especially when there's some expressive mark making involved, but I think I am doing a good job of copying myself... except for the better grasp of anatomy and domain of the oil painting technique. It has been an interesting exercise of awareness of my own evolution as a painter. The first work has a certain "innocence", but craftsmanship wise, I prefer the new one many times over, although it's a style I have already evolved from. #patriciaariel #figurativeart #figurativepainting #persephone #realisticpainting #oilpainting #artcommission https://www.instagram.com/p/CnxtY3ov2MU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tomorrow my charcoal piece "The Craft" (now in a private collection) is going to be on display is this little gem of a show at @gargoylestatuary, in the University District, Seattle. Signed hand-embellished prints will be available. #patriciaariel #charcoaldrawing #symbolistart #artgallery #gargoylesstatuary #universitydistrictartwalk https://www.instagram.com/p/CnnTjp2P5EV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"The Reluctance of September Leaves", mixed media on paper. 19 x 24 in, 2022. For the "Songs For the Lone & Forgotten" series. Ready to be collected 😁 You know where to find it 😉 #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #figurativeart #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #portraitpainting #mixedmedia #oilpaintings #acrylicpainting I #disruptedrealism #contemporaryportrait #lonelypeople #originalart #artcollector #seattleartist #everettwaartist #artistasbrasileiros https://www.instagram.com/p/CniOEjmP4P8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Now offering open edition art prints! 11 x 14 inches, with a 1/4 border for matting and framing. Printed in artistic velvet paper 270 gsm and Canon inks. Archival quality. Signed in the back. New images are being gradually added :) Link in bio ;) #patriciaariel #artprints #artprintshop #artcollector #artcollection #contemporaryart #contemporaryfigurativeart https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSzJPKPVj2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"The Reluctance of September Leaves", a fragment. Mixed media (oils, acrylics, cold wax, collage) on paper, 19 x 24 in. Getting the final touches. Will be ready for adoption very very soon. #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #figurativeart #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #portraitpainting #mixedmediaart #contemporaryfigurativeart #abstractart #realisticpainting #artcollector #originalartforsale https://www.instagram.com/p/CnNnCywvBT_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Ursa Major" popped up in my mind before I even started dreaming that work. Sometimes the titles to my pieces come first. Sometimes they are given to me by them. Sometimes, piece and title intermingle during the process, and the title gains new layers of meaning. I want my pieces to be poetry and I want the titles to be part of the whole idea. I spent time dialoguing with the characters in my paintings, as soon as they arrive. I listen. Right now I am looking at the eyes of the Great she-bear. Distant and cold piercing eyes. She knows pain, and she knows the strength of the land before her ascension. She contains galaxies. But she still bleeds. Maybe I am her. #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #figurativeart #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #portraitpainting #mixedmediaart #workinprogress #artistmusings #ursamajor https://www.instagram.com/p/CnF8nCkPLHO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The new year starts a little grudgingly I guess... As usual, not a lot of resolutions besides expelling all the sugars I consumed in the last 3 months 😅 Also, contacts! My health got a little neglected last year and I need to be on top of that in order to tackle all the creative ideas my head is exploding with. THANK YOU for sticking around! And a special thank you to the new collectors - 2022 was a good year also because of YOU! ALL THE LOVE ❤️❤️❤️ #patriciaariel #contemporaryartist #happynewyear #happy2023 https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAv-jmP8-D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"All The Fragile Things" is a mini series created from an original drawing and three prints of it. Four abstract variations are being applied over each one. It's interesting to see how the same portrait can express different things according to the mood created by the abstracts. #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #figurativeart #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #portraitpainting #mixedmediaart #workinprogress #coldwaxpainting #atmosphericart #abstractart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4pg7HvuGS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Divinity, Unbroken", mixed media (oils, acrylics, paper, cold wax) on paper. 19 x 24 inches. 2022 This work opens a new series of mixed media works titled "Songs For the Lone & Forgotten", in which I continue on the exploration of the torn, textured surfaces to tell stories of atemporal characters. Available. #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #figurativeart #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #portraitpainting #mixedmedia #oilpaintings #acrylicpainting #newcontemporaryart #artcollector #originalartforsale #wabisabiart #lonelypeople https://www.instagram.com/p/ClzcgV9PDhh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

First results of an experiment that has been brewing in my mind for quite some time. 😁 Ink and cold wax on paper. #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #mixedmediaart #portraitpainting #contemporaryportrait #figurativeart #disruptedrealism #etherealaesthetic https://www.instagram.com/p/ClkLozQvT7z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"What is poetry? Is it a mosaic  Of coloured stones which curiously are wrought  Into a pattern? Rather glass that's taught  By patient labor any hue to take  And glowing with a sumptuous splendor, make  Beauty a thing of awe" ~Amy Lowell #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #figurativeart #contemporarypainting #figurepainting #portraitpainting #mixedmediaart #contemporarydrawing #collage #graphitedrawing #artstudio #amylowell https://www.instagram.com/p/ClIJkvbrHfF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Many times passing the point of what could be just perfect for a particular piece is so easy due to our ideals of what it "should be". This is a lesson I seem to never learn. I wish I hadn't covered this one in gesso and wax abstracts. It was nice just the way it was, with just the right amount of flaws. No oils covering the graphite, perhaps just a little to enhance the highlights. I think I need a big sign in the studio reading, "you can't control your work". #patriciaariel #artstudio #mixedmedia #contemporaryart #figurativeart #artistmusings #artistproblems #contemporarydrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/ClChKOwvR8G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Merry Samhaim heathens!!! 🎃 Remembering my work "The Craft" (2017 ) now in a private collection, which I made to celebrate the threshold between both planes and the passing of my grandmother, who was a healer, medium and spellcaster. #patriciaariel #charcoaldrawing #witchcraft #samhaim #fantasyart #occultart #magick #halloween https://www.instagram.com/p/CkZUZEUPtSw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"Movement#17" "Movement #18" Mixed media (graphite, acrylic, ink, gesso, oil based pencils) on paper. 11 x 14 inches They ship unmatted and unframed, with certificate of authenticity, and signature in the back. Please pm me in case of interest (my online gallery is still under construction after the hacking.) #patriciaariel #contemporaryart #portraitart #contemporaryportrait #disruptedrealism #mixedmediaart #artforsale #originalartforsale #artcollector #contemporarypainting #abstractart #figurepainting https://www.instagram.com/p/CkJ3vx2vf4G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=