Claudia was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, and later studied drawing and painting at in the Intensive Study Abroad Program at Centro Nacional De Arte in El Salvador . She went on to gain her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting, Cum Laude, from Cal State University Fullerton in 2008.
Her exhibition, Symbolon, is what she describes as "A presence that indicates that which is absent."
Photo by Valerie GrahamThe painting on display depicted that of abstract trees. Morales saw trees as a symbol of transformation, and thus the subject of her series in the exhibition.
"Personal transformation and growth were essential in being the central theme to this body of work" said Claudia.
"In 2010, I began painting a series of works which focused on using a vocabulary of personal metaphors based in nature. These archetypal trees that you see here became a way to record my personal transformations in paint."
One can see the battles and victories as they became portrayed through Claudia's bold brush strokes.
Photo by Valerie Graham
Claudia stated that, "By denying myself familiar compositional structures , I worked through problems while searching to understand the form that was emerging through the act of painting. This reconstruction helped to mirror my life."
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