Ona Silverio’s story of discovery in terms of forwarding her artistic craft does not emerge until later in her life. Though many artists discover their innate artistic nature in their youth, Silverio found her footing in the artistic community later in life and has worked toward mastering and perfecting each and every piece that she creates.
A new resident in the Lake Nona area, Silverio was born in Queens, N.Y., but spent most of her life in Melbourne, Fla. She arrived in the Nonahood this past year.
Silverio has worked as a beautician for most of her career, inspired by being able to create a work of art through her clients’ haircut and color. It wasn’t until one venture to the store where she purchased a single blank canvas that she made the decision to test her artistic limits and take her creativity one step further.
“Subconsciously, I always wanted to create art,” said Silverio. “From day one, I fell in love with creating art in many forms and became inspired and passionate with expressing myself through the freedom of creation on a canvas in which you could hang and view throughout time.”
As her artistic career has continued over the past five years, Silverio has experimented with a variety of different styles, saying she is unable to pick a specific one that she enjoys the most. She discovered her passion for painting and continues to use the medium to express herself through intricate abstract portraits and landscapes.
Her work mostly revolves around an abstract point, with a variety of different patterns, colors and line work. Many of her subjects include abstract people or figures and scenes of nature and the natural environment mixed in-between different mediums. She finds inspiration to create her work through the different wonders of the world and her own dreams.
As Silverio continues through her artistic journey, she hopes to someday create a master project that combines all the elements of an abstract piece that she finds potent and powerful.
“Art cannot be defined,” says Silverio in discussion of her own work, not falling into a particular category or artistic movement. “I don’t feel like it should be placed in a category.”
Silverio credits one of the most rewarding moments in her artistic career to the inception of her first art show held in Tampa at Bamboozle Cafe, entitled Open Canvas. She was able to feature a variety of her work and present it to the public alongside her brother, Yacu Malik, a fellow artist whose work she admires.
Though she began her artistic career later than others, Silverio gives advice to those that are also pursuing a journey in an artistic realm or finding themselves along the path of self discovery in pursuit of their own artistic passions. “Put in 10,000 hours of work into your craft,” said Silverio. “Never let anyone discourage you from following your dreams.”
To get in touch with Silverio, you can contact her through her website at http://www.artstudiobyona.com/, on Instagram @ona_silverio, and on Facebook at facebook.com/creativestudiobyona.
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