About The Artist
Saraphina is a New York based artist. She lived in Tübingen, Germany where she studied Art at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and printmaking under artist Ulrich Schultheiss at the Künstlerbund Tübingen. She received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Studio Art with a consentration in oil painting and Bachelors in Theatre in Plattsburgh State University of New York, US.
Saraphina's work is inspired by drama, theatre, and film. Lighting, perspective, and body expression are her main inspirations for the subject of a painting. When lighting a subject, she often uses colored gels much like stage lighting, to express oddity and emotion. This creates a dynamic color relationship liberating the translation of the subject matter. Her layering individual colors causes gradual tonal shifts as the hues vibrate against each other. This allows the colors to work together but also retain their individual hue, becoming a multifaceted surface. Saraphina calls the viewer to create their own story around what they perceive in her paintings. Whether the subject has internal or external content, she wants the viewer to examine and define the scene. This causes the viewer to unleash their own creativity and insight into what exactly they see before them. She creates a moment of conflict asking the viewer to write the play.
Saraphina's work is inspired by drama, theatre, and film. Lighting, perspective, and body expression are her main inspirations for the subject of a painting. When lighting a subject, she often uses colored gels much like stage lighting, to express oddity and emotion. This creates a dynamic color relationship liberating the translation of the subject matter. Her layering individual colors causes gradual tonal shifts as the hues vibrate against each other. This allows the colors to work together but also retain their individual hue, becoming a multifaceted surface. Saraphina calls the viewer to create their own story around what they perceive in her paintings. Whether the subject has internal or external content, she wants the viewer to examine and define the scene. This causes the viewer to unleash their own creativity and insight into what exactly they see before them. She creates a moment of conflict asking the viewer to write the play.