JSAriadna

I am a Seattle-based traditional fine artist, graphic designer/creative director and amateur photographer. After having spent the last 15+ years focusing primarily on my graphic design/creative direction career, I recently returned to painting after my life was jolted by an unexpected cancer diagnosis. That caused me to reevaluate the priorities in my life, realizing that I have a gift that I had been ignoring. It also woke me up to the beauty around, soaking up and cherishing every moment, and leaving me with a desire to use my gift to relay that beauty to others through my art.

Before I turned to a graphic design career, I had studied fine arts in Europe and received hands-on arts instruction from some exceptional European fine artists. I found that my education there put a lot more emphasis on pure drawing skills and essential art fundamentals – an approach somewhat different than what I had experienced in my U.S. art education. I am a firm believer that there are no mandatory rules in art – it is all a matter of evoking an emotional response – and that is what I do in my own art. I consider my work to be unique, surreal, spiritual, powerful, and filled with symbolism and hidden meaning.