Regina Saura

Spanish artist Regina Saura was raised with the art of photography all around; she learned to see the world differently when her father, a professional photographer, gave her a camera. Saura then gained the power to frame and choose images according to her notion of the world. The objects often found in Regina's works form part of a personal iconography, symbols of her life experiences.

Saura’s loose, whimsical brushstrokes and bold washes of color lend her paintings an instinctual, child-like spontaneity that glosses over her sophisticated command of composition, balance, shape, coloration, and line. Singing with energy and vibrancy, her paintings capture the wonder and magic of life. As with flowers and trees, in her use of newspaper scraps, Regina introduces pieces of her own daily life into her work. The touch of newsprint that comprises the houses of her native countryside–relates the paintings to a specific time and place and serves as a reminder, no matter where they might be seen around the globe, of home. Refreshing in their quirky originality yet profoundly symbolic, Regina's paintings capture the brilliance and exuberance of the human spirit. The lines in her work rise from a rudimentary and more accessible place as if a child interpreted them before convention and technique got in the way.

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