Inside the Studio

Natalia Nicole Rodríguez for 'Guarded Wilds'

Natalia Nicole Rodríguez sitting in her studio in front of several red paintings on the wall.

Take a look at the making of Natalia Nicole Rodríguez's paintings for Guarded Wilds at Uprise Art. Inspired by the changing light as winter gives way to spring and summer, these paintings distill the season's fleeting beauty and its promise of growth and renewal.

Bright green paint in a jar and on test pieces of paper in Natalia Nicole Rodríguez's studio.

The edge of a green painting depicting abstracted florals on a wall covered in smears of paint in Natalia Nicole Rodríguez's studio.

An inspiration image for Natalia Nicole Rodríguez's work showing a field with dozens of yellow flowers.

A Natalia Nicole Rodríguez painting in olive green with abstracted florals.

The silhouettes, drawn from photographs collected along my journeys, become both memory and imprint, translating fleeting encounters with nature into compositions that feel at once delicate and grounded. Like flower petals carried by the wind, the forms drift between presence and disappearance, holding both movement and fragility within them.
Natalia Nicole Rodríguez

A Natalia Nicole Rodríguez painting in off-white depicting abstracted florals.

Several unstretched paintings overlapping on the floor of Natalia Nicole Rodríguez's studio.

An inspiration image of Natalia Nicole Rodríguez's depicting dozens of white flowers in a green patch of leaves.

An inspiration image of Natalia Nicole Rodríguez's depicting white flowers in a deep green thicket of foliage.

Part of this work comes from wanting to hold onto spring just a little longer before the next season fully arrives. Through shifting color, softened forms, and layered compositions, I reflect on the quiet emotions that accompany change, where endings and new beginnings can all exist at once.
Natalia Nicole Rodríguez