Ana Garcés Kiley transforms the human figure into a magical realist vessel to embody themes of death, desire, sex, and origin - the primordial interconnections that link us as beings. Rejecting the traditional patriarchy of the canvas, she employs diaphanous materials that parallel these themes by creating mystery through a feel of weightlessness, layering and seeing through; harnessing their sensuality through a feminine perspective. This gossamer quality adds to the mystery, visually transubstantiating light into experience within form. Animals exist, disembodied or in hybrid form, within Garcés Kiley's world of the magical in the mundane, as keepers of secrets. They contribute to the sensation of Encounter in the work - unveiling, revealing and concealing the complexity of our own ephemeral nature.