Featured Artist Bela Fidel

Artist Bela Fidel presents a collection of dreamlike abstracts filled with color and light. Visit her website to see more of her portfolio.

 

 

As an adolescent I wanted to be a writer. I entered a competition sponsored by one of the prominent weekend newspapers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I was born.

 

 

To my surprise, I was among the finalists! Faced with the affirmation that I was a reasonably good writer, my perfectionism went into gear, and I realized I could not write a wonderful, amazing book as my first project. So I never even gave it a chance.

 

 

When I was living in Israel and going to college, out of the blue, I painted a couple of 5” x 7” paintings. I did not take them seriously, nor was I surprised or inquired where that was coming from. It was just something I played with.

 

 

A few years later, back in Brazil, I decided to study painting, but not to become an artist or make a career of it. I just wanted to learn. Throughout the ten years of taking classes, working very hard, even selling some paintings, I still did not take it seriously as a career. It was something I did for my enjoyment.

 

 

After a decade of painting, I realized that without it I would not be centered. From then on, painting was central to my life not as a profession but as a way of life.

 

 

After all these decades of painting and teaching, I feel I’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg.

 

 

My holy grail is to find the perfect expression of me. As the banner on my website states, “I want to look at my paintings and see myself in the mirror.”

 

Bela Fidel invites you to follow on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube and Substack.

 

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