Natalia Gonzalez Martin Spain, b. 1982
The Water is Warmer in The Nighttime, 2021
Oil on wood
42 x 29.7 cm
16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in
16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in
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Gonzalez-Martin works on a small scale, using traditional painting techniques that draw their influence from Christian religious iconography and medieval illuminated manuscripts informed by her Spanish customs and heritage. Predominantly...
Gonzalez-Martin works on a small scale, using traditional painting techniques that draw their influence from Christian religious iconography and medieval illuminated manuscripts informed by her Spanish customs and heritage. Predominantly working with the female figure, she uses minutely detailed brushstrokes to paint intimate corners of the female body – the curves of the neck, the ear, the toes - creating an erotic tension between desire and the forbidden.