Camila Storck is a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist born in 1989 in the city of São Leopoldo, southern Brazil. For the past four years, she has lived with her family in Düsseldorf, Germany, where she has her art studio and school.
How did you get into art?
I've always liked customizing things, modifying clothes or furniture. I did this a lot when I was a teenager, as well as creating jewelry and embroidery as a child. When my daughter was born in 2017, I became interested in artistic activities again, always wanting to create fun activities with her that involved manual work, and this led me to painting.
How would you describe your style? What makes your work special?
I'm still in the process of discovering myself, I don't know if I fit into a single style. I love abstract art as a way of portraying my gratitude for nature, but I also really enjoy contemporary art, which I believe is more effective in communicating human functioning and behavior. I try to bring to my paintings a little of the functioning of nature and the harmony of its colors, which I believe are absolutely perfect. I link childish features to my passion for nature, which demonstrate innocence and simplicity, and sometimes feminine contours, which I believe are symbols of mystery and strength.
How do you go about developing your work?
Utilizing a diverse array of painting techniques, my primary medium is acrylic paint, sometimes complemented by a harmonious fusion of oil chalk, pencil, gold leaf, and organic materials like leaves and twigs. I usually start my paintings thinking about the message I want to bring, and from there I try to convey that message in the color palette and in the lines. I really like working with colors that I see in nature, and bringing their harmony to the canvas.
Who or what influences you?
As a painter inspired by gratitude in seeing, whether it's the intricate wonders of nature, the boundless joy found in the innocence of children, or the timeless strength embodied by the feminine, I am endlessly inspired to capture these moments on canvas. I am clearly influenced by many artists, whom I admire both for what they have achieved and for the techniques they use, among them I can mention the Canadian Celia Lees and the Australian Ash Holmes, who are incredible artists.
Make us curious. What are you planning to do next?
As a woman, professional, daughter, and mother, I feel that women spend their lives providing for others, like nature, and because we are used to this functioning we forget to be grateful for it daily, as if it were an obligation of women and nature, provide for others before themselves. I'm working on some pieces about this and later this year I plan to launch and exhibit this collection that mixes the two styles, abstract and contemporary.
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