Grace O. C-Dina is an interdisciplinary painter based in Rhode Island. She focuses on abstract painting within traditional mediums and animation. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media Design, and a minor in Art History from Rhode Island College. She is furthering her studies in the painting program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.
Grace's abstract artwork depicts a unique environment and its inhabitants, exploring natural and cosmic worlds through the dual lenses of natural science and mythology. Her early interest in natural elements, using color and negative space, evolved into creating intricate worlds and opseries such as "Terraqueous" and "Pyro-Aerious." These themes later developed into her major series "Cosmographic."
"Cosmographic," Grace explores the cosmic and natural realms, constructing her Axis Mundi within a fifteen-microcosmic world. This series bridges the upper celestial realm and the depths of the underworld, extending beyond Earth's core.
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“Pyro-Aerious” (a portmanteau of fire and air) explores this concept in meteorology and mythological elements, with red as the primary color. This series depicts one of the upper worlds in my “cosmographic” series.
"Terraqueous" (meaning forming or consisting of both earth and water) serves as the mid-world in my "cosmographic" series, between the Aquatic and Terrestrial areas.
From the Greek khthonios, meaning “of the earth,” chthonic refers to the deep, hidden forces beneath the surface. This work depicts various structures and false visible light emitting from the lowest point of the underworld.