Sylvia Padilla

Artist Biography:

 

Sylvia Padilla is an artist living and working in the Tri-State area.  Born in Newark, NJ, she grew up and studied in the Newark region of Essex County. Padilla has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey with a concentration in painting and illustration.

 

 

Sylvia Padilla’s paintings vary from abstract expressionist, figurative life forms, to surrealist depictions. Primarily, the works are acrylic on canvas, but some works have used fabric and mixed materials in the past. 

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Currently, the theme in the paintings I've created are related to Incan imagery, animals of folklore in Native traditions such as leopards and ravens. The most recent works have also dealt with the present Coronavirus crisis and being an essential employee dealing with the meaning of being essential and also the finding of faith in the hardest times.