Tag: Angeles M Pomata

Hello everyone!

Welcome to our PoArtMo Anthology Series, which celebrates the artists whose work appears in The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: 2021 Edition.

Today’s guest is Ángeles M. Pomata, who contributed art titled “Flowers Sprouting in the Rocky Valley” to our anthology.

Auroras & Blossoms: Hello Ángeles. Congratulations for being a featured artist in our anthology! Let us begin, can you tell us about your artistic background?

Ángeles: I am self-taught, so my artistic training consists of trial and error, and in painting and drawing 8 hours a day for about 12 years. I also try to analyze artistic work and learn from the great masters and other talented contemporary painters, who are always a guide to follow.

A&B: Tell us all about the inspiration behind your piece “Flowers Sprouting in the Rocky Valley” that appears in The Auroras & Blossoms PoArtMo Anthology: 2021 Edition.

Ángeles: Thank you so much! This piece is inspired by a landscape that really exists where I live in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park, in southern Spain, and by the feelings I have associated with that place. It is a rocky area on the side of a small volcano, and it has a walk that I often follow. There you can breathe a very special quietude, a sweetness very characteristic of the microclimate in this area, which is very soft and has a neat, warm light that provides a gentleness in the air in everything that is illuminated by it. The same feelings that I experience when walking around there are what I wanted to reflect in this particular work.

A&B: Who and what are your biggest influences?

Ángeles: I could not speak of true influences but there are painters that for one reason or another I like a lot, such as Sorolla, Abbott Handerson Thayer, Odilon Redon, Paul Ranson or Pierre Bonnard, all the members of Les Nabis or also Van Gogh and the English painters of the Camden Town Group, or even the Canadians of the Group of Seven. If I had to choose a woman, I would probably stick with Olga Wisinger-Florian. In general, any artist who pays special attention to color tends to catch my eye.

A&B: What do you like and dislike the most about the art world?

Ángeles: What I like the most is the capacity for work, the tenacity and the effort that artists make to create something that transcends them. What I like least is all the paraphernalia that surrounds the art world; the false appearances that seem inseparable from the good artist and that for me are precisely what prevents true art from coming to light. That is why as a rule I try to stay out of it as much as possible and try to have a direct relationship with my clients.

A&B: Does your work have any specific themes or social commentary we should identify with?

Ángeles: The general message of my work is that art is goodness, beauty and/or truth. Something that is good technically or by its intention can be art, or something simply beautiful without anything else, or something that includes some kind of truth. When a work includes these three elements at the same time is when I would speak of ART with capital letters.

On the other hand, I believe that not only in art but everywhere, there is a loss of values and elements that causes life as we know it to be distorted. These are things that should never cease to exist, and my work, insofar as it can modestly contribute to this, is aimed at making these values continue to exist.

A&B: What would be your dream art project?

Ángeles: I don’t exactly have a dream project. I would be satisfied with having enough time and means to be able to dedicate as much time as I consider necessary to a painting. That said, I would love to have a workshop where I can try making large-format pieces.

A&B: Tell us the most positive and uplifting advice you have been given while working as an artist.

Ángeles: The most positive advice I’ve ever been given is “stick to it.” The artistic profession, compared to many others, has multitude of ups and downs and moments of doubt, which makes it essential to have tenacity and confidence in your own work that will encourage you to keep going when you go through any of those moments.

On the other hand, the most encouraging thing is when some of the people who have bought a work of mine have told me that my work helps them to feel well or to find encouragement in difficult moments. That kind of feedback has at times been decisive to remain in this profession.

Bio:

Ángeles M. Pomata is a Spanish oil painting artist and a former clinical psychologist. Raised in Madrid, she now lives in Cabo de Gata. This self-taught painter has a keen interest in colors and light.

Website: https://pomata.pixels.com

Ángeles, thank you for answering our questions and supporting Auroras & Blossoms! We know that people will love your art as much as we do!

Cendrine & David