Sarita Arte

Through a graphic language and a natural medium, Sarita reveals sensitive works. Working more particularly with the bark of Betula Papyrifera – paper birch -, the artist mixes shades and textures. We immerse ourselves for the duration of a meeting in his universe.

Hello Sarita, the artistic approach is intimately linked to nature, where does this attraction come from?

Having grown up in the cosmopolitan city of Montreal, it was only by moving in 2018 to the shores of Lake Långhalsen in Sörmland in Sweden, when I was surrounded by large wooded areas, that I encountered this other dimension of myself. The one that needs vertical trees and water on the horizon, this vital element in which I bathe and recharge my batteries every morning. Treading the dirt in the woods makes me feel alive. It was in the enveloping environment of the forest, where the dance of fog replaces the movement of traffic, that I began to take an interest in birch, first as a simple support (a kind of natural canvas) then as sculptural potential, then today as a color palette, thanks to the unsuspected discovery of the chromatic properties of the surface layer of the tree. Often seen as a by-product in the wood industry, birch bark has become the element at the very heart of my artistic practice.

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