An emotional expression with a faceless face.

Burning Sage.

Paintings by Federico Infante

Federico Infante born in Santiago, Chile in 1982 works predominantly in the medium of painting. Federico received his BFA from Finis Terrae University (Santiago, Chile) in 2002 and graduated in 2013 with his MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is currently living and working in New York.

Each of my paintings is deeply unique and emerges through its own process. I start with an expressive act of covering the canvas with several layers of acrylic paint and then scratching it off. I repeat this process many times. I do not plan my images in advance and try to stay present and as detached as possible from the result. In doing this I am able to express my unconscious mind, the part of me that has not been processed by logic. I then react to this abstract and expressive atmosphere, by searching for the elements that have emerged, possibly in pockets of light, or the foundations of a landscape. In this way each painting shows me its singular identity…  

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Artist Rendition of Saturns moon Titan

Dandenong Ranges National Park, Australia