Elsa Mora

Girl Looking for Directions.

I remember so well when I created this painting. I was in a bad relationship and I needed to figure out how to end it. It is always so hard to end any relationship, mostly because we get so used to the other person. It is like we build a whole mechanism inside us in order to function with our partner. Then when things go wrong we know that we have to stop that mechanism but it is so hard to do it. The good news is that after we do it we realize that it wasn't the end of the world. I did it and here I am many years later writing about it :)

See you tomorrow!
Elsita :)

Small Rooms.

Seeing these pieces after more than ten years is such a revealing experience to me. These are all paintings about myself but I didn't know that back them. I thought that I was painting about people that I didn't know. These two ones for example are a reflection of the way I felt in the nineties. I was living in a little dark place (like in the paintings) I never went out unless I didn't have another option. I spent most of the time painting in my studio and I wasn't happy with my life. All I did was try to scape far away into my inner world. I painted lots of small rooms with surreal scenes in it.

How to Grow a Little Girl.

Inner Animal.

Looking at my old work makes me realize how much I have changed. It is amazing how you project the way you feel in everything you do.

I also wanted to show you a little drawing that I made for my Etsy store! I got a great moleskine watercolor notebook with detachable pages, the paper is acid-free with a little texture, I love it! You can find it here. It is great for making little drawings for relatives and friends.

I will be back tomorrow with more from the past!
Elsita :)

New Old Paintings :)

We miss my Mom a lot! She is back in Florida now and we are back in our regular routine. She will miss the children so much but fortunately she is in Florida and not in Cuba where it would be so hard for her to travel.
This week will be sooo busy for me but I am ready for it and looking forward to winning the battle with time. I will have to make magic in order to do all the things that I have in my list. On the other hand I am so excited! Bill and I just got a great scanner and I am in heaven because with this new machine I am going to scan hundreds of 35 mm slides that I have with photos of my old work from the nineties. And here you have a little advance of it!

Two Heads.

The Secret.

The Tower.

The Lesson.

And this last picture is a more graphic version of The Lesson (the original painting that you see up there) that I created in 2007 for my Etsy store. It is the first time that I make a version of an old piece and it was lots of fun. I would love to paint more, I used to do it everyday in Cuba but back then I didn't have my "kiddies" and my life was all about my art. Now I have to find some balance between art and family. That's life, after you have your children it is not about yourself anymore and this is the biggest challenge that we, as creative people face, but we should never stop doing what we are passionate about! While our children grow our creativity should grow with them!

I wish you a happy Monday and wish me good luck!
Elsita :)