Known for her sensitive and introspective abstractions, Beatriz Simón’s paintings reflect a combination of symbolism drawn from the world around her, and from within her. Her works feature a wide range of media, processes, and images. Constantly inspired by nature, human behavior, and her own experiences, Simón seeks to create a dialogue with her viewers and a space for them to consider the subject matter that she is drawing attention to.
Get a closer look inside her studio to learn what inspires her and what her creative process looks like.
“My studio is a very special place full of inspiration. It invites meditation for the silence, light and the smell of art materials. There seems to be a filter on the door because every morning, as soon as I walk in, everything is left outside to allow my creative process.”
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Tell us about your experience. When did you start creating art?
BS: I have been painting and making creative things since I was 7 years old.
Describe your creative process.
BS: I am always alert, observing. I think I am absorbing certain events, people’s behavior, and things that unconsciously set the tone for my work.
Do you plan your process, or do you let opportunity play a role?
BS: Generally, I don’t plan my work. I let whatever has to come out flow. When I paint 5 or 6 new works, I listen to these works and I respond to these dialogues and thus a new project arises. Some works force me to think, like the specific paintings that people commission from me.
How would you describe your studio?
BS: My studio is a very special place full of inspiration. It invites meditation for the silence, light and the smell of art materials. There seems to be a filter on the door because every morning, as soon as I walk in, everything is left outside to allow my creative process.
What do you like to do most when you are not painting?
BS: I read and do research on art. Sometimes I take photos or paint personal things like clothes or furniture.
“I am always alert, observing. I think I am absorbing certain events, people’s behavior, and things that unconsciously set the tone for my work.”
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What inspires you?
BS: Human behavior, family values, women’s rights, people with different capacities, and environmental issues. To build a better world.
How do you describe your work?
BS: My work is of first impulse, it is more feeling than thought.
What do you hope viewers will see in your work?
BS: I always try to open a reflexive dialogue about life in my art with various topics such as women’s rights, family / domestic themes, and human behavior. I also do contemporary sacred art. And in recent years I have been working on conceptual projects on these issues and on global warming.
“My work is of first impulse, it is more feeling than thought.”
How do you come up with their titles?
BS: This is not an easy part for me. I find it difficult to give a title to my works.
What inspires your color choices?
BS: I really don’t know what inspires me to choose a color, I just feel it.
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