Of movement, energy and colours

Movement, energy and colours are at the heart of Carmen Vella Gauci’s second solo exhibition.[attach id=915228 size="medium" align="right" type="image"][/attach]It is titled Libra because, as the artist explains, art brings a balance in her life.“I use the experiences that life offered me, the joys and the pains, in my art,” Vella Gauci says.

She always remembers herself drawing. At school she would fill up her desk with doodles.“My desk would be my canvas for the day,” she notes.

She started painting with watercolours but lately uses mixed media for her creations.“I can’t imagine my life without art, it has become an integral part of who I am, it’s a necessity for me like the air that I breathe. I sleep with the thought of what the next day will bring new to my paintings, what can be improved upon or what can be experimented. In the morning I wake up full of ideas or challenges − eager to start,” she says enthusiastically.

Vella Gauci considers herself an art fanatic and draws or paints on any medium at hand.[attach id=915222 size="medium" align="right" type="image"][/attach]“It could be a kebab stick, my fingers or cotton buds that might trigger my imagination… I use...