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Love at first sight

Florina Aledo-Perez presents her vision of the Una Storia woman. A spontaneous, mysterious, and bold woman who dares to assert her preferences. Sunny gaze, bright colors... The Una Storia woman adorns herself with a piece of skin jewellery to elegantly highlight her neckline. Discover the 925/1000 silver pendant from the Una Storia Bijoux Art Deco Collection.

First there is the look. The first glance. The pose, the line of the face, the mouth. That's where the love story begins. I transcribe beauty in a few lines. I observe the smallest details; what some call the artist's gaze, I call the sniper's eye.

I sketch thousands of times and then I create portraits of women that become icons. The line seems minimalist, yet it transcribes the signature, the DNA; the essence and the essential. One might think that I sublimate the woman, while it is my subjective perception that I express. It was said of Frida Kahlo that she was a surrealist when she presented her reality. For me, it's the same.

The Flowers of Evil and the Color of Feelings

Where posture and framing seemingly exude strength, flowers and color are an introduction to a more intimate approach. These are the foreplay of love, we get to know each other, the relationship takes on depth. The flower is an important feminine symbol, it expresses the strong and fragile woman, but above all, unique.

I borrow Frida Kahlo's flower crown to crown courageous women in their unique struggle and project Frida into all women. Increasingly, the flower is discreet in my work, but it remains a medal of war for fighting women. We can all be Frida. As for color, it is an aesthetic tool, but also a reflection of my mood. The background sets the tone and the other colors gravitate around it. I create my own colors; it is my feelings of the day that define my color chart.

Subtle pain and moods

And then, behind my aesthetic work, hides (barely) a subtle pain. I depict feminine suffering. This pain relative to each one, sometimes gentle, secret, ignored, omnipresent, destructive, which makes one grow, but pain all the same. It cannot be read on faces, it can be guessed; and in the softest looks sometimes hide the worst suffering. I wanted to give a face, a thousand faces, to states of mind.

The exercise is difficult and the subject complex, since it relates us to our own experiences and we often perceive emotion as a sign of weakness. I want to have a benevolent look at each person's story, each suffering is legitimate and our pride or the gaze of the other should not be an excuse to minimize their pain. There is irresistible, invincible and unconditional love.
I reveal the woman with her whole being to make you fall in love, from her lines to her soul.

Florina Aledo-Perez
Artist from Lyon - France