Powerful Painted Portraits of Women by Sya Warfield I Artsy Shark

Artist Sya Warfield celebrates woman empowerment as a result of mixed media portraits of trail-blazing girls. To see far more of her portfolio, take a look at her web page.

“Badiaa Masabni” blended mdia on upcycled wooden panel, 23.5″ x 35″ x 1″

I was born in upstate New York and named immediately after my mom’s best good friend growing up. At 22, I ordered a child blue VW bus in Zion, Utah and traveled throughout the US. For quite a few several years, I set down roots in Boulder, Colorado diving deep into African dance. My shift to California 3 yrs later led me to capoeira, producing a day-to-day observe for just about 10 many years. A strong motivation to reside near to water has held me in coastal towns on the west coast—San Diego, San Francisco, and now Los Angeles.

“Japan” blended media on upcycled wooden panel, 12″ x 12″

Influenced by the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi (侘寂), this philosophy facilities all over imperfection and impermanence. My work celebrates boundless narratives from a female point of view.

“Gold” combined media on upcycled wooden panel, 20″ x 24″ x 1.5″

I develop a visual language with my art practice which reveals imagined stories. Upcycling, and honoring a blended media strategy, benefits in evocative juxtapositions of coloration, artwork and storytelling.

“Anna Pavlova Gold” blended media on upcycled wood panel, 36″ x 36″ x 1″

Using inspiration from Robert Rauschenberg’s process of combining completely ready-manufactured texts and photos, this modern day method to combined media illustrates a classical narrative.

“Isodora Duncan” blended media on upcycled wood panel, 24″ x 28″ x 175″

I go between several mediums including video, road art and doing the job in my studio generating wall artwork.

“1969” blended media on upcycled wood panel, 12″ x 12″

My studio operate entails reconstructing and deconstructing products making use of many equipment and strategies consisting of tearing, shredding, gluing and sanding. Products incorporate paper, h2o-primarily based pigment ink, paint markers, metallic leaf, acrylic paint, spray paint and oil pastels, all mounted on reclaimed wood panels of a variety of sizes.

“Carmen Amaya” mixed media on upcycled wooden panel, 23.5″ x 35″ x 1.75″

My avenue artwork integrates figurative elements, nuanced color and structure to generate a visual vibration that echoes lifestyle, inside confident, stable compositions. I use a form of compositional collage, which provides archive images into the last functions as a result of applying pulp transfers, adopted by paint to produce levels of coloration, texture, even further imagery and styles.

“Lou” combined media on upcycled wood panel, 20″ x 24″ x 1.5″

The resulting operates, often that includes portraits of solid women, are evocative and affirmative, indicating considerable options instead than preset concepts of representation. I intention to produce special portraits suspended deep within just the surface of wood panels, embodying a painterly and otherworldly esthetic.

“Jasmyne” mixed media on upcycled wood panel, 12″ x 12″

My latest series titled Females are Heroes is a collection of 20 paintings which I started in August of 2020. Consisting of an artillery of (s)heroes celebrating female empowerment, this collection examines the radiance of move condition as a way to stay centered in a chaotic and unjust planet.

“Three Geishas” blended media on upcycled wooden panel, 30″ x 40.25″ x 1.75″

This selection tells the story of woman trailblazers these types of as Frida Kahlo, Malala Yousafzai, Isodora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Carmen Amaya, Badiaa Masabni, and the 3 younger geishas alongside with so many some others. With this series, I purpose to preserve legacies of strong girls.

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