#05: El Paraguas (The Umbrella) 2008

Marina Pallares created "#05: El Paraguas (The Umbrella)" in monochrome with a printmaking technique. Imagine her hand guiding a tool, carving lines into a block, each cut a deliberate act of translating the world into graphic form. The textures are amazing, aren't they? Look at the rain, those dense, vertical lines. Then there's the umbrella, a burst of radiating strokes, trying to hold back the storm. Below, see the grass, all sharp and spiky, reaching up as if to touch the rain. You feel the storm in your bones. Pallares probably aimed for a visual poem here, setting up a conversation between nature and graphic mark-making. The whole image becomes a metaphor, maybe about life's storms, or about finding shelter. This piece feels related to folk art, where everyday scenes get elevated through simple, direct expression. It also connects to other printmakers who experiment with texture and contrast to evoke emotion. Ultimately, it’s a meditation on how we see, feel, and translate the world around us.