Pilar Pedraza

Painter 

Pilar Pedraza has devoted over two decades to painting — a journey that began with teaching art and evolved into the pursuit of her own visual language. Through years of exploration, she has painted in series, moving through empty spaces, figures, and landscapes, often incorporating figurative elements without ever seeking realism. Her inspiration comes from what surrounds her — the books she reads, the places she visits, the sensations and emotions she experiences — all transformed into color and gesture on canvas.

Her current series, Abstract Nature: Butterfly Effect, carries a dual purpose. It is, first, a call to protect nature — a reminder that every gesture we make, however small, contributes to either its preservation or destruction. And second, it is a celebration of nature’s enduring beauty and color, even amidst fragility. Abstraction here becomes her way of translating what she feels rather than what she sees.

Pilar’s work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, both in Spain and internationally. In recent years, her paintings have been featured in contemporary art fairs across Austria, Paris, Luxembourg, Germany, and Marbella. Her creative process is tactile and instinctive: layering paint, tracing lines, splashing, tearing, writing verses or fragments of song lyrics, and often embedding butterflies — sometimes hidden, sometimes central. Each piece begins with her gesture but finds completion in the viewer’s gaze, inviting personal interpretations as unique as life and nature themselves.

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