Pilar Copete

Pilar Copete filters a vision of the world shaped by Buddhism and her study of color into atmospheric, expressive paintings and drawings of natural and manmade landscapes, the human figure, flora, and fauna. Her early fascination with light and, in her words, with “the simplicity of the invisible forces of color’s structure and vitality” has endured throughout her long career, evidenced by the exquisitely subtle combinations of hues in her compositions. Her introduction to Buddhism was a turning point in her approach to art making, which became centered upon the notion of impermanence. When Copete paints a feathery blue sky or a pair of bright fish in water, or when she sets an ice sculpture in the center of a gallery space and records its slow disappearance in daily sketches, she is proffering reflections about the transience of all things.