Discover your inner world through art

Welcome to Valeria's Corner gallery, where every painting is a journey into feelings and emotions, translated into understandable images on canvas or paper. Each piece is a unique reflection designed to help you see yourself from the inside, connecting deeply with your personal experiences. Original paintings available for purchase.
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Journey through our collection

Explore a diverse collection where every brushstroke is imbued with genuine emotion. From vibrant expressions to serene reflections, these works are designed to resonate deeply, encouraging you to connect with your inner self. Discover pieces that speak to your heart and mind, reflecting universal feelings through unique artistic interpretations. Original paintings available for purchase.
For prices and availability, please contact me.

Eyes wide shut. Flowers. Acrylic on canvas 50x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

In the “Eyes Wide Shut” series, I explore the quiet defiance of dreaming simple, human dreams in a world that increasingly celebrates noise, cynicism, and artificial ideals. Borrowing the title from Stanley Kubrick’s provocative film, my paintings consciously stand in contrast — not to reveal taboo fantasies, but to affirm the beauty of innocence, care, and emotional sincerity.

 

Each work presents a figure with eyes closed — not in ignorance or blindness, but in retreat. The closed eyes become a metaphor for turning inward, where the soul preserves its private, “unfashionable” desires: to be loved gently, to travel freely, to be gifted flowers without irony.

 

We live in a time when tenderness is mistaken for weakness, and simplicity is dismissed as naïve. I believe this distortion is a form of cultural perversion — one where genuine human values are ridiculed or shamed. In response, these works reclaim the power of softness. They resist the pressure to dream patriotically, violently, or erotically in order to be "valid" or "modern." They give voice to the radical honesty of wanting nothing more than warmth, care, and beauty.

 

“Eyes Wide Shut” is an invitation to dream without apology — and to see that what is often labeled as sentimental is, in fact, deeply brave.

Eyes wide shut. The trip. Acrylic on canvas. 30x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

In the “Eyes Wide Shut” series, I explore the quiet defiance of dreaming simple, human dreams in a world that increasingly celebrates noise, cynicism, and artificial ideals. Borrowing the title from Stanley Kubrick’s provocative film, my paintings consciously stand in contrast — not to reveal taboo fantasies, but to affirm the beauty of innocence, care, and emotional sincerity.

 

Each work presents a figure with eyes closed — not in ignorance or blindness, but in retreat. The closed eyes become a metaphor for turning inward, where the soul preserves its private, “unfashionable” desires: to be loved gently, to travel freely, to be gifted flowers without irony.

 

We live in a time when tenderness is mistaken for weakness, and simplicity is dismissed as naïve. I believe this distortion is a form of cultural perversion — one where genuine human values are ridiculed or shamed. In response, these works reclaim the power of softness. They resist the pressure to dream patriotically, violently, or erotically in order to be "valid" or "modern." They give voice to the radical honesty of wanting nothing more than warmth, care, and beauty.

 

“Eyes Wide Shut” is an invitation to dream without apology — and to see that what is often labeled as sentimental is, in fact, deeply brave.

La Mer. Acrylic on canvas 25x30 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

La Mer is a meditation on harmony, transformation, and the fluid boundaries between the human spirit and nature. The figure, suspended in a sea of movement, embodies serenity and curiosity — a soul listening to the quiet music beneath the surface.

The flowing strokes of blue suggest both water and emotion, while the golden fish shimmer as fleeting thoughts or memories drifting through consciousness. The seaweed curls like strands of time, connecting the visible and the unseen.

Through La Mer, I sought to express how stillness can exist within motion — how, even in the vastness of the ocean or the mind, there is intimacy, rhythm, and life.

Once upon a time in Eden. Acrylic on canvas. 30x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

A familiar biblical scene told with a human wink. Adam looks at Eve with sincere curiosity and unquestioning trust, as if still unaware that choices have consequences. Eve returns his gaze with a hint of playful confidence, carrying the quiet knowledge that innocence is already beginning to shift. Between them, the first decision is less a fall from grace than a very human moment of curiosity, temptation, and shared complicity.

Don't touch my butterflies.  Acrylic on canvas. 30x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

“Don’t Touch My Butterflies” is a reflection on vulnerability and the instinct to protect what is delicate within us. The figure’s raised hands and watchful gaze suggest both caution and care — an emotional boundary drawn around the fragile symbols of freedom and transformation that the butterflies represent.

The work explores the tension between openness and protection, between allowing beauty to exist freely and shielding it from harm. Through flowing lines, expressive gesture, and luminous color, the painting captures a deeply human impulse: to honor the fragile parts of ourselves that make us whole.

Acqua passata (Water Under the Bridge)

(Acrylic on canvas 60x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This painting portrays a woman caught between memory and moving on. The dominant blue reflects her melancholy and search for peace, while the man clinging to her eye symbolizes a memory that won’t let go. Fluid, cool lines surround her like a sea, gradually releasing her—illustrating the delicate process of coexisting with the past without being held back.

City jungle. Dreamer

(Acrylic on canvas 30x25 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This expressive portrait captures the exact moment when a woman chooses to pause in the middle of a busy city and step away from its relentless rhythm. With her eyes closed, she withdraws from the surrounding noise, allowing herself a brief escape into a private world of dreams and quiet reflection. A cigarette rests lightly between her lips, a cup of coffee grounding her in the present, while white blossoms bloom through her golden hair as symbols of softness and inner refuge. The flowing brushstrokes and gentle contrast between cool urban blues and warm skin tones suggest a suspended instant, where time slows and the city fades. This painting is an ode to stillness, to the small yet powerful decision to stop, breathe, and immerse oneself in imagination amid everyday chaos.

City jungle. In the subway

(Acrylic on canvas 30x25 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This dynamic figurative painting depicts a man immersed in the physical rhythm of the city, his body engaged in effort while his mind seems elsewhere. Gripping a bar as if moving through public transport or an urban structure, he appears suspended between motion and reflection. The sharp, fragmented background echoes the pressure and geometry of city architecture, reinforcing the sense of urban intensity. Expressive brushstrokes and muted tones soften the scene, revealing a human moment of focus and inner withdrawal. The work speaks of resilience, endurance, and the quiet act of turning inward, even as life in the city continues to push forward.

City jungle. Flowers

(Acrylic on canvas 30x25 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This still life painting presents a bouquet of vivid red tulips arranged in a simple grey vase, set against a restrained grey and black background. The bold intensity of the flowers contrasts sharply with the muted surroundings, allowing their sculptural forms and vibrant color to take center stage. Minimalist in composition yet rich in atmosphere, the work explores the balance between restraint and emotion, silence and vitality. The neutral tones create a calm, modern setting, while the red tulips introduce warmth, energy, and a quiet sense of life emerging from stillness.

Deeply concerned

Acrylic on canvas 30x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

In “Deeply Concerned,” the calm blue depths conceal a quiet act of avoidance. The figures drift below the surface, their faces marked by expressions of concern — yet their stillness betrays an unwillingness to confront the burning reality above. The fiery horizon represents the chaos, conflict, and truth they escape from, choosing the illusion of reflection over the courage of action.

Their submerged faces echo one another, unified in passivity — a collective pretense of empathy that soothes their conscience but changes nothing. The golden fish swim indifferently around them, embodying distraction and the fragile comfort of routine beneath crisis.

Through this contrast between water and fire, stillness and urgency, “Deeply Concerned” examines the human tendency to hide from discomfort, to retreat into the depths of denial while the world burns above.

Come with me

Acrylic on canvas 40x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This expressive illustration is inspired by the song “Stripped” by Depeche Mode, translating its atmosphere into a dreamlike visual narrative. A reclining human figure drifts within a flowing landscape of color, surrounded by pale butterflies that move like quiet thoughts through the air. The swirling brushstrokes and layered blues, greens, and soft yellows suggest a release from noise and restraint, echoing the song’s call to shed excess and return to something raw and essential. The composition balances vulnerability and calm, creating an intimate, introspective scene where nature and the human form merge into a single emotional current.

Guardians of the city

Acrylic on canvas 40x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This painting reflects the idea of inner guardianship within modern life. Two feminine figures hover above the city, watchful and calm, embodying dual aspects of the self: one attentive to the external world, the other turned inward toward reflection and intuition. They are not separate beings, but connected presences, joined by flowing movement that softens the rigid geometry below.

The city beneath them is dense and luminous, filled with countless windows that suggest anonymous, fragile lives unfolding simultaneously. In contrast, the figures are expansive and quiet, offering protection not through force, but through presence. Their role is not to control the city, but to hold it, to remain awake while others rest.

This work explores protection as an internal state rather than an external shield. It speaks of care, awareness, and the unseen emotional forces that sustain us within the pressure and isolation of contemporary urban life.

Protected

Acrylic on canvas 40x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This painting explores the fragility of human life and the quiet act of asking for protection. A solitary figure stands within a field of flowers, open and exposed, while powerful currents of wind or water sweep across the space. The surrounding movement suggests forces larger than the individual, unseen yet deeply felt.

The figure does not resist. Instead, she listens, trusting the natural world that both threatens and shelters her. Her form blends into the landscape, emphasizing how human life is inseparable from nature and subject to its rhythms. The flowers represent life’s beauty and abundance, but also its impermanence.

The work holds tension between vulnerability and care, motion and stillness. It reflects a moment of surrender, where fragility becomes a quiet strength and protection is sought not through control, but through trust.

Home sweet home

Acrylic on canvas 40x40 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

This painting reflects the intimate connection between dreams and belonging. The woman seated within the tree represents a soul rooted in her own inner world, a place where imagination, memory, and peace intertwine. The tree is both shelter and symbol: its blossoms embody renewal, while its strong trunk and roots ground her presence in reality.

The flowing blue swirls around her suggest the dreamlike current of thought, carrying her gently yet firmly into a space where she feels most at home—with herself, her hopes, and her quiet strength.

Home Sweet Home speaks of the inner sanctuary we all carry, a reminder that true belonging is not always found outside, but in the embrace of our own dreams.

The story of my nine lives

Acrylic on canvas 25x30 cm. Original painting available for purchase. Contact for price and availability.

A mischievous black cat takes center stage, poised like a tiny oracle at a typewriter, its paw mid-sentence as if drafting secrets from another realm. Behind it, two angels with their hands pressed to their heads in a silent storm of emotions evoked by cat's story.

Find a piece for your soul

Every painting in this gallery holds a piece of my soul, a fragment of my life experience. When you take home a piece, you're not just acquiring art; you're inviting a profound connection into your space. Explore the collection, find the artwork that resonates most with you, and browse more unique creations to enrich your home or office.