Sara_Molano

SaraMolano began painting when, at the young age of six, her mother foundher doodling on the walls of the house and quickly entered her into artclasses. This was in Medellin, Colombia, where Molano was born onDecember 15, 1975.At 15, Molano moved to Chile's capital, Santiago, and entered the artschool Abadia.

She found herself in her first exposition at the Palacio de la Alhambra(Fine Arts) where her work as a young new artist was praised. Herchoices then were landscapes using oil, but upon her arrival in MiamiFlorida three years ago, Molano discovered acrylics and has been usingthis medium since.

Withthe use of acrylics, Molano also began to test herself with newtechniques. She chose to paint with no relief or shadow, in a flat andstatic manner lending itself to her new more mature views. Herposter-like portraits of half faces are a representation of Le'humanite, or Molano's own views of the 'half being.' These half beingsare those who are only minimally satisfied; they know themselves onlyon the surface and do not dare question. These half faces are dedicatedto those whose obsession with the ephemeral aspects of their lives,like physical appearance and material gain, mock the reality that thisall turns to dust in the end.

Thesebeings, willing to succumb to knives and machines to alter their flesh,harbor frustrations with society, rules and politics and lacksensitivity to life and genuine spirit. Their half faces showclearness, color and feature, but more important are their otherhalves, which they hide.

Parallelto these paintings of dichotomy exist those of The Queens. The Queensare paintings of grand women with whom Molano has had the privilege ofspeaking and admiring. These are women who are free and independent andwhose wisdom holds them at a state of perpetual nurturing, exposingtheir breasts. There is no room for men in these paintings since men inthis particular relationship with the queens are emasculated andmarginal. The reversal of traditional male/female roles leaves the manlost and thus absent.

Whilecomplex and perhaps even a bit polemic, Molano's style and choices areever changing and promise to show another side of her which will likelysurprise us all.

Marina Pruna(Publicitas Review 2002)

I have done MANY Expo in:

Santiago Chile Jacaranda Galery 2002 - current

Medellin Colombia laureles Galeria 2005

NY Soho Grand Hotel Bar loby 2007

Japan 2004

FL Miami and Boca Raton at a couple of galerys

and I have some pieces right now in Seattle Pop art Show at MOMA

and in several art Venues