The Empty Chair

The muse of many, an empty chair has always been an object that fascinates me. An everyday object that we do not usually see as a symbol, that has changed its meaning with the passage of time. In the context of the global pandemic, which is still impossible to ignore emotionally and artistically, the empty chair took on a higher and deeper meaning. It became an object waiting to be filled or an object that was left by someone. It became a symbol of my state of longing, for those intense desires wanting to be fulfilled and for the people that, as an immigrant, are far from me. The uncertainty of seeing them again. And for the people that lost their love ones, an empty chair represents a deep emptiness.

Empty Chair I

Oil and sewed fabric on canvas, 40"x28"

Detail of the sewed fabric

Diptych of Empty Chair I

Oil and sewed fabric on canvas, 25.5" x 17.5"

Detail of the sewed fabric.

Big black strokes and perspective gives the sense that we are losing the floor, that the floor is moving under our feet. The table, with sewed volume fabric flowers, represents that even in unexpected situations we keep growing. That they are sewed to the canvas symbolizes the need of steadiness in such uncertain times.

Merida Yucatan, Mexico

Acrylic on Sennelier paper, 9.5" x 12"

Acrylic on Sennelier paper, 9.5" x1 2"

The empty chair II Acrylic on wood, 20" x 20"

Mixed media on handmade paper, 7" x 6"

Edinburgh, Scotland

Sketchbook

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