Iámarra 2019

Alberto Pereira made this painting, Iámarra, with mixed media on canvas. You can see this piece coming to life stroke by stroke. It's like watching the artist work through a thought, adding layers of color, scribbles, and a black-and-white figure with wings that feel so real. I imagine Pereira deep in the process, maybe listening to music, totally absorbed. The paint isn’t too thick, but you can feel the artist's hand in every mark. Look at the energy in those colours, and then how they frame the figure. It's like they’re not just painting an image, they're trying to capture a feeling, an idea, a moment. This piece feels connected to a wider conversation happening in contemporary painting right now, like so many artists who are pushing back against the slickness of digital culture and finding something raw and true in the act of painting itself. Ultimately, painting is an ongoing dialogue across time, where artists continually inspire and challenge each other's creativity. There's no one way to see it—it's all about your own experience and what it brings to the surface for you.