Raisa Gates / Blue Daydream Originals encouraging a kind of slow

encouraging a kind of slow looking

but our curator particularly loves this piece as the focal point within a space

and her work has been sold at the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Can we take a moment for the oil stick used in this artwork — adding a three-dimensional element that feels like a little piece of the artist's studio right inside your home

Influenced by both her Venezuelan heritage and her life in Toronto

Raisa Gates / Blue Daydream Originals encouraging a kind of slowRaisa Gates is a Filipina American artist based between Arizona and Paris. Gates artistic narrative is an exploration of the self and our connections woven with others. Turning to the body as her foundation. Her painted figures bare, gathered, resting in one anothers presence seem to inhabit a realm beyond language. Through her work, she extends an invitation to viewers to ponder the nuanced intricacies of human relationships. Her art serves as a