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Artist Statement

Painting is my spiritual practice, a sacred dialogue between brush and canvas where time dissolves and intention takes form. Working with paint demands patience and presence; it cannot be rushed. This slowness becomes a gift, creating space for contemplation as I push pigment across the surface, working through emotions that live too deep for words. Each stroke is both discovery and meditation, each layer a conversation with my innermost self.
 

My paintings emerge from this place of quiet ritual and often, pain. I may spend hours painting and repainting until the work breathes with the expression I'm seeking. Color becomes language. Through experimentation, I chase that elusive moment when the painting feels complete, when it holds both my questions and my peace. These works are profoundly personal. They map the landscape of my interior world: hopes that shimmer like gold leaf, fears that pool in shadow, dreams that dance between representation and abstraction. My subconscious speaks through symbol and metaphor, drawing from wells of magic, myth, and spirituality that connect me to something larger than myself.
 

The natural world infuses my practice with its cycles of growth and transformation. I am drawn to the sacred feminine as lived experience. My paintings investigate the complexity of womanhood: its power and vulnerability, its capacity for creation, its deep connection to intuition and earth. Each canvas becomes a space where I can examine the forces that have shaped me and claim agency in defining who I am becoming.
 

In this work, I seek to understand my place in the vast constellation of existence. Through patient devotion, I create vessels for the sacred spaces where spirit can dwell, where mystery can be honored, and where the eternal questions of identity, belonging, and purpose can unfold in color and light.
 

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About the Artist
Rosanna María Salcedo is an emerging artist who has been creating art since 2007. Born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City, she currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island.
 
Salcedo considers painting a spiritual practice through which she explores themes of love, beauty, identity, the sacred feminine. Her work draws inspiration from magic, myth, spirituality, and the natural world, creating visual narratives that bridge the personal and universal.

As a Latina of Dominican heritage, Salcedo brings a unique perspective to contemporary painting, writing, and speaking. While her professional life has centered on education and school leadership, her artistic practice offers another way of asking essential questions about womanhood, origins, resilience, and belonging. Inspired by ritual, nature, and ancestral connection, her paintings seek to make visible the unseen worlds of spirit and self.

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