Gracia Escarguel (Born Cordoba, Argentina) is a contemporary artist known for her "gestural" abstract style, where she uses line, color, and transparency to create evocative, open-ended visual stories. Her work is deeply personal and focuses on capturing emotional stages and moments of freedom through spontaneous brushwork. Her style is influenced by a visual impairment that leads her to see the world in a "distorted" way, which she uses to achieve a near-total abstraction of reality. Rather than following traditional styles or seasonal trends, she organizes her work into series that represent specific emotional periods or life stages Her work is often inspired by moving images or situations that she feels a need to translate into art. She emphasizes that while technical skill is important, the true art comes from the artist's internal world. Most of her pieces feature loose, fluid stains and images that suggest movement and subtle music.Contact Griffith Art Gallery to learn more about her work and to view her most recent works.