Painting

"Confronted with solitude, Owanto starts painting in 1984, in Southern Spain. Her work rapidly evolves to a new phase as she begins a search for the mystic and a more intimate connection with her spiritual nature. After many hours alone in front of the canvas, the artist is able to reach a stillness that leads to ‘out of body experiences'. This has a profound effect on her painting, resulting in a move towards pure expression through abstraction and colour. The artist identifies the cosmic light as her true inspiration. Thus, figurative landscapes metamorphose into landscapes of the soul." (Louise Sherman)

Purple Power
Mixed Media on
okoumé wood
116 x 210 x 19cm
2005