The Burden of Memories 2022

Daria Theodora’s “The Burden of Memories” looks like it was made with watercolors and ink, maybe even some gouache, and there’s a looseness, a kind of dreamy process happening with the way the colors bleed and flow. It's not about control, but more about letting the image emerge. The texture is smooth but alive, the paint thin in places, layered in others. I'm drawn to the way the blue-black ink of the bear contrasts with the soft golds and oranges of the figure's hair and skin. See how the artist lets the colors mix and mingle, creating a sense of depth? It's like a dance between intention and accident, which resonates with the emotional weight of the title. It reminds me a little of Remedios Varo in the way it combines mythical symbolism with personal narrative. But where Varo’s work is precise, Theodora’s embraces a certain fluidity. For me, this piece is about seeing the world not as a fixed reality, but as something constantly transforming.