I can capture in my mind, the happy moments, perhaps even those sweet scents of bygone times.
Field day, children's games enter my canvas to stay on it.

Día de Campo

This work speaks of a thought.
In life things come and go, people come and go, but in the end, it is time that stabilizes everything.
We do not know exactly when, or the time or the day, but there comes a time when it just happens and everything returns to its place, everything fits.

In O'clock we can see how two abstract characters play with time. And while one jumps, the other grows a nose like Pinocchio.

O'clock

The Devil plays with me. I don't feel like letting go.
Why not? Should I dance with him? Should I let myself fall?
Red is the only color I see.

El Diablillo de 3 Cabezas

Danza con el Diablo

A woman visiting my atelier looked at me and said: “you are forceful and left.""
And with that word echoing in her head, Fernanda gave life to Contundencia with the same determination and honesty in her expression as those words she had heard.


Contundencia II

For the artist, each blank canvas acts as an intimate diary without a lock.
In this series, composed of two works: Metallic Heart I and II, we are shown the process of her marriage breakdown. In doing so, she completely exposes the feelings of her heart.

Corazón Metálico II

Corazón Metálico I

Rapero Dog

“El Jinete” translated as the horseman, is an apocalyptic skeleton representing social injustices such as misunderstanding, loneliness, marginality, and death.
In this series composed of three works, we can see how this abstract character disarms and dismembers to convey the message that it is possible to go against what he represents.
I feel like a Lonely hunter.

El Jinete

A moment of emotion. Inspiration manifests itself in the artist as a necessity.
In order to escape from the great Metropolis, an escape plan is imagined.
Three workings, the same theme: Fleeing from the great metropolis, Fleeing II, and Plan de Fuga

Huyendo II

I was in my atelier when I saw him on social media. He was dead.
I only saw Black and White.

This work is a tribute to the great Karl Lagerfeld, an icon who revolutionized the world of design and fashion.

Mr. Karl

"The Devil plays with me. I don't feel like letting go.
Why not? Should I dance with him? Should I let myself fall?
Red is the only color I see."

El diablillo

Are you losing your mind or gaining your soul?
That is the motto that accompanies and describes the series.

"Because doing what one feels is being crazy," said a visitor as they passed by the artist's atelier.

Cabezas VII

The phrase "Tirar Fruta" (translated literally as Throw Fruit") is a typical Argentine expression. It refers to a person who does not fully know what they are saying yet who still speaks and responds - always with total certainty in what they say.

That is what inspires Mr. Fruta, a man who does nothing but “Tirar Fruta”
despite having no idea what he is talking about, yet still - speaks.

Mr. Fruta

"A moment of emotion. Inspiration manifests itself in the artist as a necessity.
In order to escape from the great Metropolis, an escape plan is imagined.
Three workings, the same theme: Fleeing from the great metropolis, Fleeing II, and Plan de Fuga."

Plan de Fuga

Walking through Asturias, I was able to see an exhibition in the Jurassic Museum of the city of Muja in Spain. It was titled "Meteorites, the Extinction of the Dinosaurs."
The Exhibition showed authentic specimens from space, which have fallen on the Earth's surface, explaining the development of our Solar system and how, among other things, it caused the disappearance of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Like the Earth, my head explodes.

Cabeza de Dinosaurio

This work tells the story of a girl who during her childhood, could not play.
Today in her atelier the girl returns, alone and lonely, to play.

Juego Solitario II

El Octavo Jinete

Based on the Taoist philosophy, where two opposing forces can coexist and are complementary and interdependent, this piece represents duality.
In her creation, the artist portrays the Yin as feminine by using more closed brushstrokes, and she draws the Yan as masculine by using more open brushstrokes.

El Yan

El Yin

As time goes by, I realize that fear is a driving force that pushes us towards where we don't want to be.
 
The fear of saying, speaking, believing, doing, specifying - the fear of being.
Dímelo talks about breaking these fears

Dímelo

In a series made up of three works, the artist performs an exquisite interpretation of our minds. In each series, we observe how infinite networks of thoughts can sprout from the mind like long tongues.

Does the labyrinth of Medusa exist within our own minds?

The Mind of the Man III

The Mind of the Man II

The Mind of the Man I

Mr. Arrogante

Maniki

In the Aztec Empire, the role played by women was sacred.
Women who worked were recognized, while those who invented new processes or excelled in vital trades such as midwives were deified. All this helped to shape a rich worldview, where the Goddesses were the protagonists.

Reina del Sol

"Are you losing your mind or gaining your soul?"
That is the motto that accompanies and describes th"e series.

"Because doing what one feels is being crazy,"  said a visitor as they passed by the artist's atelier."

Cabezas VI

"Are you losing your mind or gaining your soul?"
That is the motto that accompanies and describes the series.

"Because doing what one feels is being crazy," said a visitor as they passed by the artist's atelier.

Cabezas V

Are you losing your mind or gaining your soul?
That is the motto that accompanies and describes the series.

""Because doing what one feels is being crazy,"" said a visitor as they passed by the artist's atelier.

Cabezas IV

I am in Tuscany. After a few days exhibiting in Florence, I decided to take a train to the city of Lucca. Where I am residing, there is an atelier which I use to paint. So much beauty and art intoxicate me. The Basilica of San Frediano and the canons of the Catholic Church inspire me. From all of this, Paper God is born.

In this work, we see a paper God worshiped by a mixed Fox creature that represents Humanity.

Paper God

Every year the artist is invited to exhibit at the polo championships in Argentina. One day, she was introduced to one of the patrons who invested money in the tournament and to pay the polo players.
That's when she discovered Mr. Smith. In this work, we can see him represented next to the Pony.

Mr. Smith

A moment of emotion. Inspiration manifests itself in the artist as a necessity.
In order to escape from the great Metropolis, an escape plan is imagined.
Three workings, the same theme: Fleeing from the great metropolis, Fleeing II, and Plan de Fuga.

Huyendo de la gran Metrópolis I

Ragnar

It's funny how laughter infects us without even realizing it. It goes through us. Is it a question of energy?
The gardener lights up where he enters: Mr. Smile

Mr. Smile

It was a morning on the eve of Christmas. As always is the case during December in Buenos Aires, an unrelenting heat was present.
I turn on the TV, change the channel until I arrive at the News. There I see him, out of focus, in the background, behind everything, being without being. And while they announce the weather and continue talking about the holidays, he is still there, almost unnoticed, the crying child, without gifts this Christmas

El niño que llora

They say that the amount of wars has been decreasing in the 21st-century. But the children directly affected by armed conflicts do not have this fortune.
During the 1980s, in the Iraq and Iran war, children over the age of 12 were called to represent their country.
In this work, we can observe from an abstract place, some characters with bombs in their hands, while at the same time, some say prayers and children want to play.

How does it make you feel?

How does it feel

The large windows in my atelier are my blessing.
On the building's third floor, the windows act as a gigantic wall of glass.
A dome completes the equation, seeming to float in the sky.
I become familiar with birds. Some days they come and go as if part of a game. But other days, they collide, fall, and die.
And so The Bird Man is born from this game of life and death.
An abstract character who comes looking to take them to another dimension.

El Hombre del Pájaro

Mr. Elegante

A piece fully inspired by rappers, their eccentricities and unique style. In the original painting a neon pink condom could be seen wrapped around Mr. Rap. But this detail was lost on his trip from Argentina to New York,  resulting in this.

Mr. Rap

In this series composed of three works, we can observe how exorbitant figures plan to reprogram their lives.

Dedicated to a gay couple who, after being together for almost two decades, in the face of a possible breakup that comes their way, decide to go ahead and get married.

Re Programado III

Re Programado II

In this series composed of three works, we can observe how exorbitant figures plan to reprogram their lives.

Dedicated to a gay couple who, after being together for almost two decades, in the face of a possible breakup that comes their way, decide to go ahead and get married

Re Programado I

This work’s inspiration is a traffic accident where the artist had to call for mechanical aid.

Auxilio Mecánico

A woman visiting my atelier, looked at me and said: “you are forceful and left.""
And with that word echoing in her head, Fernanda gave life to Contundencia with the same determination and honesty in her expression as those words she had heard.

Contundencia

Man with an elongated
Long-nose
High cheekbones
Weird eyes
Blue
Metallic

Future Man

In this piece we can see a depiction of a nervous breakdown suffered by the artist’s mother the moment she sees her lifeless cat. 

The Cat is Dead

Walk

Elven

El Hombre del Tiempo

According to Rav Yehuda Ashlag, a 20th-century rabbi and kabbalist, ten people are awakened by ten other people when they find themselves connected with the Wisdom of Kabbalah and the Light of the Zohar. The ten people will say: let us join this person - we want to assimilate with you, as we heard that the Light of the Creator is with you.

This is how “La Profecía Del Fin De Los Tiempos”
(translates as ""The Prophecy of the End Times"") is born.


La Profecía del Fin de los Tiempos

Mujer Hormiga

In ""Peter and the Banana"" the artist, using the character (Peter eating the Banana), creates a personal reflection on the topic of greed. Inspired by a betrayal, Lavera manages to express and purge this feeling, expelling it from her body through her art.

Peter y la Banana

"I am in Tuscany. After a few days exhibiting in Florence, I decided to take a train to the city of Lucca. Where I am residing, there is an atelier which I use to paint. So much beauty and art intoxicate me. The Basilica of San Frediano and the canons of the Catholic Church inspire me. From all of this, Paper God is born.

In this work, we see a paper God worshiped by a mixed Fox creature that represents Humanity."

Cabezas III

"I am in Tuscany. After a few days exhibiting in Florence, I decided to take a train to the city of Lucca. Where I am residing, there is an atelier which I use to paint. So much beauty and art intoxicate me. The Basilica of San Frediano and the canons of the Catholic Church inspire me. From all of this, Paper God is born.

In this work, we see a paper God worshiped by a mixed Fox creature that represents Humanity.
"

Cabezas II

"I am in Tuscany. After a few days exhibiting in Florence, I decided to take a train to the city of Lucca. Where I am residing, there is an atelier which I use to paint. So much beauty and art intoxicate me. The Basilica of San Frediano and the canons of the Catholic Church inspire me. From all of this, Paper God is born."

In this work, we see a paper God worshiped by a mixed Fox creature that represents Humanity.

Cabezas I

“El Jinete” translated as the horseman, is an apocalyptic skeleton representing social injustices such as misunderstanding, loneliness, marginality, and death.
In this series composed of three works, we can see how this abstract character disarms and dismembers to convey the message that it is possible to go against what he represents.
I feel like a Lonely hunter.
"""

El Séptimo Jinete

Is the planet dying, or are we killing it?
Insecticides as possible causes of genetic alterations in humans. Genetic selection in animals. Genetic modification in food.
All human-made.
STOP

Stop III

Stop II

Stop I

The artist is inspired by the symbolism of Scorpio, her astrological sign. One day she imagines that if the Earth were to be destroyed, an alien from another planet named Mr. Ku would come down to Earth. And at the exact moment of his arrival, a creature as tough as the Scorpion would await him, initiating an unexpected encounter.

Mr. Ku y el Escorpión

Chica Express

Juego Solitario I

This piece is inspired by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Concept: Truth, Life, Will (of truth, of power), Free Spirit, and Reality.

Mural Reacción Visceral

It is Halloween, and everyone is ready - suspicious children wait for the moment for their attack.
 
In my atelier, I find myself consumed by the idea of knowing that this celebration is more than 3000 years old and that these Iron Age peoples called The Celts celebrated the end of summer on October 31, believing that the dead came out of their graves as zombies.
 
I capture this Indo-European culture on my canvas, with turquoise and ruby reds. I make public its avant-garde in colors, its mythology loaded with symbolism, heroism, and arrogance.


Los Celtas

Drácula

Whenever I go to London I pass through Camden Town. One day, when I was there by the Regent's Canal, I saw it.
Multi Colored straws fell from his head like bouquets, his jacket with shoulder pads had big stars that seemed to accuse anyone who could not see them and his red pants imposed his gait. It was Mr. Freak.

In the work we can see Mr Freak walking with his dog and an octopus peeking out from his left side, referring to the plate of food that the artist was about to eat at the time she was painting the work: Galician Octopus.

Mr. Freak

Buenos Aires inspires the Artist, where she resides, and has her atelier.
She criticizes the society in which she lives.
In the painting, we can see the Artist's alter ego, a girl named Doris. Somebody is robbing Dorris with a gun pointed at her in the middle of the city. Yet no one sees her, no one notices her.
We can observe Dorris in two separate works: To have to see II and Sweet Wall.

To have to see II

To have to see I

I’m walking down a street in Barcelona, alone in my thoughts. I am visiting a gallery owner. As I get close to the door, I notice some people outside who haven’t been allowed in. And I wonder: Could it be that they judge us by color? By who is with us? Could it be that they don't like the way we dress? Could it be that we don't fit in?

El Burro y el Ratón

The artist was inspired by a funerary text from Ancient Egypt dating from 1540 BC to 60 BC. New Kingdom: The Book of the Dead, although its original name was ""The Book of the Daybreak"", which was later transliterated.


It was written in Hieroglyphs on a Papyrus scroll that represented the deceased on their journey to the afterlife, in order to overcome the judgment of Osiris through the Underworld.
In the work we can see the hieroglyphs that represent the day's departure.
Yellows and gold pigments sing like birds on the canvas.
Sunrise.

Salida del Sol

The forces of darkness are on the rise and because of its advance, light retreats, moves aside, so that it won’t affect it.
Far from coming from human arbitrariness, the withdrawal speaks about the real powers of nature. When darkness arises, the force of the light withdraws, the appropriate reaction not to waste its energy.
Hexagram 33 (Withdrawal) Wisdom of I Ching: Nature’s withdrawal.

La Retirada

We have known for more than three decades that bees are becoming extinct from the planet.
One of the causes is the interference generated by the magnetic waves of cell phones, causing such confusion in the bees that it does not allow them to reach their honeycomb.
This series, composed of three works, talks about how important bees are for the environment and, above all, how necessary it is to raise awareness at a higher level to take care of our planet earth.

Abejas Discontinuas III

Abejas Discontinuas II

Abejas Discontinuas I

La Venus del Equilibrio

Bandeja de Entrada

Exotic birds appear on my trip and leave with their name the original traces of the ancient Tupi language. Its intense colors are trapped on my canvas.

Los Tucanes

In this work, we see how abstract characters can be apparently persuaded to move away from what appears to be an endless hole, only to do the opposite.
Reverse psychology is about getting an individual to do everything that is needed, while proposing to them that they do exactly the opposite.

Psicología Inversa

Efervescencia

Lately, I have been thinking about how in life we disguise ourselves, how we use masks like protective layers in front of her.

In this work, in a way that is both abstract and figurative we see a large onion that bears resemblance to a large mask, from which several more masks emerge, until they melt into pastel shades on the canvas.

Mural la Máscara

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor, nor lie" -
In this work, we witness an Indian who observes the looting of his tribe during which the looters take a woman away.

El Octavo Mandamiento

Muñecas Rotas

In Greek Mythology, The Goat fed the infant God Zeus in Greta's cave.
In the play, we can see Zeus with his Nurse in an amusing way.

Amaltea

Rebote

Insectos

Robot sin Rostro

La Caída de Fausto

Los Robots de la Quinta Dimensión

Dark

Esperanza

I am in my atelier, the blank fabrics speak without speaking, and over there, in some corner of the atelier, my cat Mora is angry.
She wants cuddles, but when I tell her this is not the time, she attacks.

I return to my blank canvas, and again she attacks me.
But this time, it is fierce.
Now there are cats inside, in the fabric, everywhere.
Bursts of colors fall.

In this series composed of five works, we see how the artist was inspired by her Persian kitten Mora.

Ronda de Gatos

I am in my atelier, the blank fabrics speak without speaking, and over there, in some corner of the atelier, my cat Mora is angry.
She wants cuddles, but when I tell her this is not the time, she attacks.

I return to my blank canvas, and again she attacks me.
But this time, it is fierce.
Now there are cats inside, in the fabric, everywhere.
Bursts of colors fall.

In this series composed of five works, we see how the artist was inspired by her Persian kitten Mora.


Gato en Fuga

Callejón sin salida

Los Gatos Rabiosos

In this series composed of Luna Nueva, Sol Creciente, It’s ok, Dark, y Los Indios, we can see how the artist's work throughout 2012 used oils to highlight a particular hardness in each image.
 
The artist's inspiration stems from her French and Mapuche ancestry, a group of indigenous peoples in South American. A Mapuche great-grandfather who fell in love with a European woman emerges as an atavistic and enigmatic presence, which we see reflected in many of her paintings using images that are both dark and striking.

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