EDITH NURLA

Trained as an architect, I found in painting a refuge and a space for inner freedom. My work is rooted in an introspective and symbolic approach. I paint to give form to what cannot be said or seen: buried emotions, traces of the past, the symbolic images that inhabit memory. Each canvas is for me a space for dialogue between the visible and the invisible, between reality and reverie.
Oil painting, with its slowness and depth, allows me the time for these inner visions to emerge. I draw inspiration from the Symbolists and Impressionists, but also from the Surrealist women artists who dared to make their personal lives a territory for poetic exploration. My works borrow from nature, myths, and folklore to evoke universal archetypes—metamorphosis, memory, solitude, and light.