Riva Béatrice | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Beatrice's main inquiries are focused on the exploration of various aspects of the physiognomy and the anatomy of the human being. Using a mixed technique that combines oil paint and crayons, applied equally onto a canvas, wood or paper, Beatrice's process consists in lending an emotion or sensitivity, that may come from one of the subjects represented, a figurative representation. Her references are taken from the Renaissance, and she is committed to creating a particular atmosphere - one that often finds its inspiration in spirituality - in order to convey the interiority of the imagined characters with the most loyalty possible. Her characters, represented at the heart of her compositions and sketched out with great care using mostly cold modalities, such as icons, seem to represent all the complexity of the human soul.