Based in Germany, Tralala favors ethereality throughout her practice.
Her vivid paintings teem with bold colors and figures whose skin practically radiates, resulting in delicate surfaces.
They also stage tender encounters between people and animals, at times to a mythical degree.
“I was stone.”
The figures stand against a simple, deep-blue background, further enhancing the scenes surrealism.
Riptideoffers a similarly supernatural canvas.
A girl with glowing skin caresses several snake-like monsters, their mouths lined with red teeth.
“Chicken.”
Theres something about the way animals bring out a softer, more vulnerable side in humans.
I think thats what drew me to painting.
I always say, I inhale the world and paint a healed version of it.
“The bitter taste of my fury.”
The world is so complicated, restless and often unbearably cruel, the artist says.
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The bitter taste of my fury.
“The right kind of wrong.”
The right kind of wrong.
Tralala’s canvases teem with bold colors and expressive figures, creating dreamlike and surreal atmospheres.
Eve: The First Woman Who Ate.
“Riptide.”
In a quiet moment.
Requiem of the world.
Taller than the trees.
“And death.”
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“Emil.”
“Eve: The First Woman Who Ate.”
“Ghost Dog.”
“Hiraeth.”
“Fly Easy.”
“Linger.”
“In a quiet moment.”
“Obolus.”
“Priska.”
“Requiem of the world.”
“Taller than the trees.”
“Solitude.”
