(Image below titled ‘Un Pajarito Errante Encuentra su Corazon‘, this is the second in that conceptual Pajarito series. Ink on paper. 2003.
Natacha.net was established in 1998 and has been through the decades, all sorts of construction. It is an archive of some of my work, and is usually two years behind in terms of fresh work as I am using most of my time to create work. As an artist, advocate of social justice, and scientist, I am always exploring and researching the layered complexity of life.
My practice uses experience, seeing, touch, smell, for ideas. This practice, along with my intuition helps in constructing an object. I create in the space of my studio, but the memory of the actual experience and my psychological response are incorporated into the work. There are ideas that use experiences such as books, movies, music, foods, and textiles. My experience as a Latina woman concerning social justice as well as the experience of others in society are important to me. References to being female, human, sister, wife, mother, healer, scientist, and multicultural, all influence my art objects.
Living with my eyes and mind wide open, along with the use of my hands (the Hand is the Mind), has been my practice for all my life. I use fabric, yarn, oil, or acrylic paint, found objects, as well as ceramic objects (only the ones that I create). I spend a great deal of time thinking simultaneously with making. I am in the habit of creating intuitively though there are times where I stop to consciously see and think.
Nature has always been an integral part of my visual practice and I immerse myself frequently under a tree with its nurturing canopy of leaves. I listen to the wind, insects, and birds. With this experience I think about life and society and look at nature’s infinite patterns. It is what I will always do while I am alive.
For simplicity the works on this website are not divided into projects but just compartmentalized into common shared topics for ease of viewing. Many overlap conceptually. Style is simply an element (analogous to other elements in art such as color for example) and not merely a historical ‘movement’ as that is an anachronistic way of thinking about visual art.
There is no substitute for seeing an artists work in person, but at least you can experience it from anywhere via the online platforms in current society.