Raisa Gates / Blue Corner

Raisa Gates / Blue CornerRaisa Gates is a Filipina American artist based between Arizona and Paris. Gates artistic narrative is an exploration of the self and our connections woven with others. Turning to the body as her foundation. Her painted figures bare, gathered, resting in one anothers presence seem to inhabit a realm beyond language. Through her work, she extends an invitation to viewers to ponder the nuanced intricacies of human relationships. Her art serves as a

intimate portraits

to the warmth that lingers in familiar rituals

more gentle aspects of life

influenced by styles of the late nineteenth to the mid twentieth centuries

or layered surfaces

The essence of the work centres on the deliberate use of colour

And if you can't make it back to Paris

Heavily influenced by psychology and the exploration of the mind

and material

with a specific interest in travel destinations and souvenirs

warm tonalities and fluid acrylics applied directly onto canvas

South Africa