Victoria Restrepo's current work combines photography with painting and digital art.
"I worked in my darkroom for years manipulating films, chemicals and papers. By using new digital techniques, I can break through the accurate and "realistic" representation of reality given to us by traditional photography.
At the same time, with my paintings, I was trying to get as close to the real world as I could. Combining both medias has given me an opportunity to explore a new world where fantasy and reality meet each other.
My photographs are poised between reality and illusion, and through them, I face the same challenges that artists have been facing for centuries: how to get a perfect balance between color and transparency, light and shadow, texture and delicacy, and also how to express a profound desire to attract and deceive the viewer."
You can see more of Victoria's work online at www.vrestrepo.com and you can contact her at art@vrestrepo.com.
"Promised Land" - by Victoria Restrepo
"Fire Leaves" - by Victoria Restrepo
"Still Life with Carrots and Lemons" - by Victoria Restrepo
"Still Life with Pitcher and Walnuts" - by Victoria Restrepo
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