"Ofelia Before The Fall, 2024" by Breanna Cee Martins
Ofelia Before The Fall, 2024. Watercolor, Bleach, Hydrogen Peroxide, Fabric Dye, on paper mounted on canvas; 44” x 28” with 3 1/2” deep stretcher bars. $4400
Bio: Breanna Cee Martins (b. 1987) is a Latina artist currently living and working in New York. Known for her large-scale watercolors mounted on canvas, her ghostly paintings of phantom people and children evoke faded photographs or half forgotten memories. At the core of her practice is spontaneity. Mixing watercolor with hydrogen peroxide and bleach adds to the fluidity of each work, the images swimming to the surface, the final result only revealed after the pieces dry. The materials resist the illusion of control, her paintings seemingly conjured out of thin air. Martins’ imposes her will where she can, releases when she can’t, using a combination of objects including brushes, spray bottles, pipettes, magic erasers, and sandpaper.
Ofelia Before The Fall, 2024. Watercolor, Bleach, Hydrogen Peroxide, Fabric Dye, on paper mounted on canvas; 44” x 28” with 3 1/2” deep stretcher bars. $4400
Bio: Breanna Cee Martins (b. 1987) is a Latina artist currently living and working in New York. Known for her large-scale watercolors mounted on canvas, her ghostly paintings of phantom people and children evoke faded photographs or half forgotten memories. At the core of her practice is spontaneity. Mixing watercolor with hydrogen peroxide and bleach adds to the fluidity of each work, the images swimming to the surface, the final result only revealed after the pieces dry. The materials resist the illusion of control, her paintings seemingly conjured out of thin air. Martins’ imposes her will where she can, releases when she can’t, using a combination of objects including brushes, spray bottles, pipettes, magic erasers, and sandpaper.
Ofelia Before The Fall, 2024. Watercolor, Bleach, Hydrogen Peroxide, Fabric Dye, on paper mounted on canvas; 44” x 28” with 3 1/2” deep stretcher bars. $4400
Bio: Breanna Cee Martins (b. 1987) is a Latina artist currently living and working in New York. Known for her large-scale watercolors mounted on canvas, her ghostly paintings of phantom people and children evoke faded photographs or half forgotten memories. At the core of her practice is spontaneity. Mixing watercolor with hydrogen peroxide and bleach adds to the fluidity of each work, the images swimming to the surface, the final result only revealed after the pieces dry. The materials resist the illusion of control, her paintings seemingly conjured out of thin air. Martins’ imposes her will where she can, releases when she can’t, using a combination of objects including brushes, spray bottles, pipettes, magic erasers, and sandpaper.