SISTERS & HIPSTERS

Sisters & Hipsters is a new series of oil paintings on canvas and watercolors on paper that I have been working over the past two years, a phase in my life of severe and traumatic experiences. The feeling of loss and despair, not knowing what and how to deal with myself caused me to be paralyzed, not only creatively, for about three weeks. I didn't want to leave my house, I didn't talk to anyone except my wife, until one of my students on the autism spectrum (Asperger's) insisted on contacting me and asked me in the most direct way, "Isn't there a studio anymore?"
For me, this was a slap in the face that I had to receive from someone in order to react and realize that somehow I had to go back to routine.
Throughout my entire artistic life (about thirty years at least)
I created non-stop, and if there were moments when I didn't create, I learned to understand that this was a break that my body and mind needed in order to return full of new energy to creation.
All my previous series were born out of a desire to create something new, from a deep understanding that creativity is the result of courageously pursuing my curiosity, and in doing so, I increase my self-confidence in order to return to a new starting point and go through this process over and over again.
This new series was born differently, from a place of self-therapy, or a psychiatrist treatment , or painting, and to my delight I chose painting.
This series is the most authentic emotional expression I could get out of myself. A series that contains a sense of humor, aesthetics, joy, and for me, a lot of hope. All of this came out of me when I felt like my whole world was crumbling around me and that I was falling into a black and dark hole.
Sisters and Hipsters is a mature and courageous series that fills me with pride and, above all, makes me feel that painting is able to heal a deep and painful wound.