Artist
Redcliffe based artist Monica Batiste has always been an artist in some form; developing, growing and seeking expression through the mediums of paint, pencil, paper, canvas, movement, speech, and vibrations. As an illustrator and fine artist, her intention is to tell a story and expand perceptions.

Figurative and portraiture 2018

What am I trying to say? 

As an artist I seek to paint women in their power, as I am seeking to find this for myself. I look for women or men who can stand in their power and expand this for the people around them. Through portraiture I wish to tell a story that goes beyond the flesh and somehow, through the mediums of paint and texture, I wish to convey the deeper meaning of who we are, and who we can become. 

Figurative and portraiture 2016 - 2017

Figurative and portraiture 2015 - 2016

Life Drawings 

Earlier works

Monica Batiste works with oils on canvas, plus pencil and gauche on paper. She leans towards traditional and expressionistic genre’s to inform the viewer of the changing nature of how we view the world. Her intention is to challenge preconceived notions and open the viewers mind to the possibilities of who we are, or what we can become.

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