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Saint - Paintings

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Handmade

Woman Owned

Recycled Materials

Made In USA

DimensionsWeight
72H x 48W x 1D in
182.88H x 121.92W x 2.54D cm

In the Spring of 2022, during a ten day silent meditation retreat, I had visions of places and people I had never seen or experienced. Curious, I began to research where they may have originated.
I picked up Joseph Campbell's book, “Hero with a Thousand Faces” and was fascinated with his explanation of archetypes and the collective unconscious as an inherited database. This universal consciousness passes through times and cultures, allowing us to evoke the quality of an archetype we do not know we possess. When reading this, I immediately thought of several life experiences where I had never been called to perform what was required, nor did I think I could pull it off, but I did. It felt empowering to find myself in unfamiliar situations that evoked my higher nature.
Learning from this research, I wanted to incorporate these ideas into a new body of work. This series, SIRENS, SAINTS, AND SINNERS, emerged as the outcome. The resulting paintings hold elements of several different archetypes, while the faceless portraits allow room for the audience to see aspects of themselves in new and compelling ways.
My inquiry into the hero’s journey will continue as my work and life evolve. But, unlike the classic heroes, my goal is not to save the world but to save myself.
I believe if we heal as individuals, we can begin to heal the world.
A vital person can energize, strengthen, and heal those around them. We believe we seek meaning in life, but what we actually seek is an experience of being alive.
The world, to heal, needs people who feel alive.

Item Saint
Created by silvia poloto
As seen in Creator's Studio, San Francisco, CA
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Meet the Creator
Wescover creator since 2019
my art is made from intense personal necessity

Poloto’s sculpture, paintings and assemblages that have been exhibited in United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Jordan, Romania, China, as well as the United States in Dallas, Portland, Chicago, Park City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, New York City and, of course, San Francisco. Bay Area venues displaying her work include the DeYoung Museum, where she was an artist in residence, the Italian-American Museum, the Triton Museum, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Her work resides in over eighty corporate collections and hundreds of private collections. She has won many prizes and awards and has been featured in many publications."