Painting the
Invisible
Exploring the boundaries between inner states and atmosphere, Ileana Moro's work invites into contemplative spaces where emotion transcends form.
My work begins with a question: What am I feeling today? What memory is present? What is the current energy? Who is here? Painting becomes my way of listening.
My practice explores the unseen forces that shape human experience. Inner knowing moves through my process the way tides move through the moon: cyclic, intuitive, sometimes overwhelming, always truthful. I am drawn to what is unseen but deeply felt—grief, desire, ancestral echo, intimacy, and spiritual residue.
Painting becomes confession and ritual—a space where hidden, unresolved emotional states are gently revealed. Drawn to dark, melancholic palettes inspired by moments of near-darkness in nature, such as the blue hour, I work in layers. What initially appears quiet or minimal slowly opens, revealing depth, and a quiet emergence of light of mystery.
" The achievements that are claimed by the high dimensions are those that are unseen "
“But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - John Steinbeck