D NINA CRUZ - FINE ART WOODWORKER
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    • GrainStain Arts®
    • Grace and Attacus
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    • Oil & Watercolour
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The tree has always been with me. A steadfast companion no matter where life takes me. I'm a Fine Art woodworker. My life’s creative journey has lead to the development and pioneering of my method and techniques with wood stain (GrainStain Arts®). Stain is beautifully translucent and warm, yet unforgiving in application. And still, its amber layers speak to me as much as the grain on a live-edged slab  —wood is my canvas.

Working with wood is a process. Preparing it requires patience. In this I am reminded of the years it needed to grow and become. As I work, I imagine the life it lived out as a tree, and my stewardship to add more time to its promised destiny.

Human and natural subjects, typography, and pattern hold my interest. I tend to see the world through sepia tones. My work does not focus on political or deep philosophical meanings. For me, composition and design play a large role, but I am taken by work that teach and cause contemplation of ourselves and humanity. My work goes beyond aesthetics, to an underpinning that challenges western beliefs about beauty within age and transience
. Inspired by Japanese culture, I’ve coined this as Wàsayū™ (wha-sah-yoo).

The capacity of the human spirit is great. Therefore, I shall never exhaust of a subject that is complex, full of
inquiry, grace, and discovery. With over 30 years of painting, I'm exited about a series of works that are forthcoming. This includes paper. I see my works on paper very much part of the tree and art relationship.

All of my work is a passion. It has uncovered a path that started before I could walk. I’m grateful it led me here.
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  • Work
    • GrainStain Arts®
    • Grace and Attacus
    • Works on Paper
    • Oil & Watercolour
    • Time Lapse
    • Kudos
  • About
    • Biography
    • Statement
    • Art & Architecture
    • Press
    • Wasayu
  • Contact
  • Shoppe