My Inspiration

Art is therapy for me. I work with personal themes of healing, inequality and personal transformation using symbolism. My art studio is in an open air garage that sits on top of a hill overlooking the beautiful Los Angeles basin. The work is colorful and painterly with a strong drawing element. Painting is a healing, intuitive, physical and spiritual practice for me. I work on a large scale and love the physicality of throwing body into it, moving up on ladders, lifting the work onto the floor, pouring and moving paint on huge surfaces with big brushes and tools. I work on canvas, wood and paper using acrylic paint, collage, lots of charcoal and pastels. I always have music playing, it is the back beat behind many of my gestural lines and shapes.

I work on healing themes of spiritual growth and transformation. Art is like therapy to me, a way to resolve problems and overcome difficulties through symbolic expressions of my journey.

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Mary Rose Deraco

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