As flores que eu plantei I

As flores que eu plantei I (The Flowers I Planted I) shows a woman reclining within a dense garden of roses, peonies and dahlias in pink, red, orange and violet, her body and face drawn in grey tones against a pale pink ground. The flowers cover and frame her in equal measure.

Ritchelly Oliveira combines charcoal for the figure with oil paint for the flowers, so that the colour lives entirely in the garden while the sitter remains almost monochrome. At 150 cm the figure is life size, and the contrast between the drawn body and the painted blossoms becomes the subject of the work.

Unique work, charcoal and oil on canvas, 150 × 120 cm (59.1 × 47.2 in). Born in Brazil in 1993 and trained in Visual Arts at the Federal University of Goiás, Ritchelly Oliveira has worked with the human figure since 2012. In 2015 he began the series Lacunas (Gaps) by asking people to talk about past relationships and what they understood love to be, and that practice of listening remains underneath the work. His work has been exhibited in Goiânia, Berlin, Miami, New York and Los Angeles, including the solo exhibition Fragility at La Brea Studio in 2023, and has appeared in international art publications such as Beautiful Bizarre.

Available for private viewing at Tilsitt Gallery in Porto, or worldwide delivery upon inquiry.