Translations:Emma Reyes/12/en

Eclecticism and self-taughtness are, therefore, the two main characteristics in the works of Emma Reyes. According to the painter herself “the self-taught artist, unlike the one who has gone through an academy, is much more restless and unstable; He is always looking for something new and has the risk of getting lost” (Reyes, 2012). In this way, the artist went through countless facets and trends throughout her life; She went from painting landscapes to drawing monsters, from there to portraying people, mostly with indigenous features, and then moving on to make collages inspired by folklore and everyday objects (Valencia Diago, 1996).