Winibey Lopez
My work is born from the desire to capture the emotional intensity of the everyday and the complexity of femininity through a visceral, spontaneous, and deeply personal pictorial language. I primarily work with acrylic and oil on paper or canvas, exploring portraiture as a way to narrate inner states—overflowing joy, vulnerability, desire, irony, resistance.
In this series, female figures dominate the composition. Their gestures, expressions, and gazes are emotional mirrors that invite the viewer to pause, to contemplate without judgment. I draw inspiration from fashion magazines, vintage photography, urban scenes, and elements of pop iconography to construct a vibrant, almost theatrical visual universe where color becomes the main character. The floral backgrounds and geometric patterns are not mere decoration, but echoes of an identity that spills over and demands presence.
I work from intuition, allowing line, texture, and color to guide me. My saturated and contrasting palette is deliberately bold: I want my characters to shout from the canvas, to assert themselves with red lips, impossible hairstyles, or oversized sunglasses. They are anonymous muses, real friends, invented characters. They are all me, and also all of us.
My work is a tribute to the imperfect, the exaggerated, and the emotionally honest. I paint to resist visual homogeneity and to celebrate what is diverse, ephemeral, and intimate.
Contact
www.winibeylopez.net
winibeyatelier@gmail.com
https://www.instagram.com/winibeylopez/
Interview
What inspires your art practice and keeps you motivated?
I am inspired by the emotional intensity of everyday life and the complexity of femininity. Fashion, vintage photography, urban scenes, and pop culture feed my imagination. What keeps me motivated is the possibility of transforming those fragments into bold, colorful narratives that speak to both the intimate and the universal.
How does your mission as an artist influence the work you create?
My mission is to resist visual homogeneity and to celebrate diversity, vulnerability, and emotional honesty. That conviction influences my work by pushing me to embrace exaggeration, saturated colors, and expressive gestures that highlight the imperfect and the human.
Can you share a key part of your creative process that helps you stay focused?
I rely on intuition. I let line, texture, and color guide me without rigid preconceptions. That openness allows me to remain present in the act of painting, transforming the canvas into a dialogue between what I feel and what emerges through color and gesture.
What mindset tip do you rely on to overcome challenges in your art career?
I remind myself that every obstacle is part of the narrative. Just as my paintings embrace imperfection, I accept that the path of an artist is built on persistence, experimentation, and courage. I choose to see challenges as opportunities to reinvent and expand my language.
How do you hope your art impacts the world or your community?
I hope my art invites people to pause, reflect, and recognize themselves in the exaggerated gestures and saturated colors. I want my work to celebrate identity, femininity, and difference, inspiring others to embrace their own voices with unapologetic authenticity.
