‘Paleta de Pintor’
artist statement and inspiration
"The title of this piece comes from the palette I used for the artwork. Its uneven mixture of colour and its variety of pigments; the dry paint created in the moulds; the recycled techniques and heterogeneous mixtures.
In its deeper meaning, this is an environmental piece. By conserving the materials used in daily life comes this sustainable solution full of waste and colour.
In our globalised and polluted world that threatens us daily, this idea of wanting to organise everything is born - the good and the bad. Bringing it together and making it relative, rewrite it. It is about finding meaning in what we discard.
Restarting and activating healthy habits for our environment is symbolised by the frozen mixes in moulds and shades that once helped to colour other works. Creating new from old. "It is like keeping your past and mixing it with your present to weave a new work - like the matryoshka of a painter's palette."
- Ale Osollo