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Funeral for a friend to come

Leonor Vaz

Portugal

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Artwork details

Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 31.5x23.6in

About this artwork

This painting has 3 self-portraits and one portrait of a friend (in the right bottom corner) whose face is black and covered by her brown hair. The other female figures are me, one of them is lying as if dead, we can't see the face/head, she's got names written on her legs of people who she feels can understand her better than her own friends. Still, the friend has a halo above her head, and I am half-dead with a skull face or high holding a joint… or literally dead. Dead to everyone and meaningless to everyone but the horse, which is a character I carry with me always since childhood that represents fear as well as hope and respect. The horse shows up every day, even in death while the friend can't bare to look at me. In the upper scene there is a woman in a position of submission, represents my submission to the horse and to everyone else, even though they can't (only the horse can) do the same for me. There is a lot moreto say about this painting.

Leonor Vaz

Portugal

Credentials

Works on commission

Leonor Vaz (or Dosia Kochanek) is a self-taught painter who has been painting since childhood and recently dedicated herself more seriously to her art. She embraces a contemporary, somewhat surrealist style, freely painting what she sees without reliance on prescribed techniques. Her work centers mostly on herself and her experiences with people, loss, love and hope - aiming to disrupt and challenge the viewer. Her art powerfully conveys personal storytelling and her nuanced perspectives on life’s most intimate moments. The theme of death is mostly always present, and of course her experience with psychosis. From a young age she was haunted with thanatophobia and has overcome it with her faith in God. There's a light and darkness always present in her paintings, where her mind rests, in between one and the other.

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