Senora Rubrum 2020

Camilla d'Errico's Senora Rubrum from the 20th century is like stepping into a dream where everything glows with a candy-apple sheen. D'Errico uses a hyper-real technique, layering colors to build up this luminous surface. It's like she's not just painting but conjuring a whole world, one where the color red reigns supreme. Look closely and you can see how the red on the butterflies’ wings bleeds into the red of her hair and the vibrant scarlet of the birds perched on her head. The textures invite you to touch, but you know you never could. The tiny ladybugs crawling on her face create a dialogue between the character's stillness and their motion, it's these contrasts that give the piece life. D'Errico’s world is a reminder that art can be a portal, a place where imagination is not just celebrated but lived. Like Mark Ryden, D'Errico understands how to tap into the whimsical, offering a space for us to see the world anew, painted in the vibrant colors of possibility.