Lighthouses in the open sea, acrylic on canvas by Elettra Ministeri

Color is my first language

Lighthouses in the open sea

Acrylic on canvas · 100 × 50 cm · Zürich, 2020
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Color is my first language

Whatever the subject, I paint color.

35 paintings · 5 series
i.

Mediterranean

5 works · acrylic on canvas

The sea I grew up beside and the places around it: waves, shells and fish, lighthouses, whitewashed islands and a table set in the sun.

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Wave, a patterned blue wave above a shoal of colorful fish, acrylic on canvas, by Elettra Ministeri
ii.

Maternity

3 works · acrylic on watercolor paper

Self-portraits from my own journey through pregnancy.

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Maternity II, acrylic on canvas, by Elettra Ministeri
iii.

Sicily

6 works · acrylic on canvas and painted wood · frames painted by hand

A tribute to the island where I was born: free, chaotic, colorful, warm, curious and loud.

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Carretto siciliano, a painted Sicilian cart and horse inside a hand-painted frame, by Elettra Ministeri
iv.

Human figure

6 works · acrylic on canvas and canvas pad

Figures without faces, painted in colors chosen for the feeling, not the likeness: an embrace, a shared lift, a torso showered with flowers. What remains is the gesture.

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The Hug series, two acrylic paintings of an embrace, by Elettra Ministeri
v.

Archive

10 works · acrylic, watercolor and pastel

Works that stand on their own, outside a series.

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Help, a red hand and a blue hand reaching through green leaves, acrylic on textured paper, by Elettra Ministeri
Selected works

The wall

The Bonding, acrylic on canvas, 116 by 73 centimetres
The BondingAcrylic · 116 × 73 cm
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Pomegranates, acrylic on canvas, 40 by 60 centimetres
PomegranatesAcrylic · 40 × 60 cm
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Flow, acrylic on canvas, 80 by 80 centimetres
FlowAcrylic · 80 × 80 cm
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Help, acrylic on textured paper, 35 by 25 centimetres
HelpAcrylic · 35 × 25 cm
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Wave, acrylic on canvas, 60 by 60 centimetres
WaveAcrylic · 60 × 60 cm
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FishFit, acrylic on canvas, 40 by 30 centimetres
FishFitAcrylic · 40 × 30 cm
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The artist
“My work is an attempt to create a space where everyday thoughts can quiet down.”

I am self-taught, with no school, academy or mentor behind my work. I am a woman, a sister, a wife and a mother.

Based in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Swiss Art ExpoZürich Hauptbahnhof
Aug 2022
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