Artist bio

Alvorada Zalinas has been drawn to art since her childhood. She began studying and creating art in secondary school. Zalinas has exhibited her artwork at galleries and museums in the United States.

Title

Escudo

Medium/Genre

Painting

Artist Statement

Expressive brushstrokes mark my paintings. Through color, texture, and various subjects, I create art that is meaningful to my life. Anything I see that is filled beauty and truth, I depict with contemplation its significance to me. Horses as a subject are beauteous as they represent the freedom and liberty as human beings we desire. In the instance of the artwork “Escudo”, a young girl is mounted on top of the horse to travel on her life journey. She is able to stay on course as the abstracted shield in the background brightens the path when darkness comes so she won’t get lost. The shield also simultaneously offers her protection as it is representative of God, His ever-present essence and power, guiding and protecting her from any battles that may come her way as she follows His emanating brilliance. I celebrate life in my paintings. I study life as well in my creation process. My artworks are involved in a methodical intuitive development when forming them. Horses, people, still lifes, and other figures converge to meet in a place of what I value. The intention of my art is to convey atmospheric moods and meditative reflections. My art’s primary mission is to stir something, anything, within the human thought and spirit.

How it fits into contest

The artwork illuminates the Spiritual Battle in relation to Ephesians 6:10-20. Visual symbolism is utilized in the painting to convey the atypical spiritual warrior, a young girl seemingly without any fighting gear. However, there is a shield that accompanies her which has life arising from it, on its own. The shield in the background represents God in the form of an actual shield that covers and saves her. God is The Protector. It conveys the message, “He is the shield, the God who goes with one to the battle. He fights and protects with The Word and His Spirit. those who earnestly seek Him” In the instance of the artwork “Escudo”, a young girl is mounted on top of the horse to travel on her life journey. She is able to stay on course as the abstracted shield in the background brightens the path when darkness comes so she won’t get lost. The shield also simultaneously offers her protection as it is representative of God, His ever-present essence and power, guiding and protecting her from any battles that may come her way as she follows His emanating brilliance.

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