Drica Lobo

Hey, hello there, friend! There’s something about collecting art that I rarely see discussed, and it feels important enough to talk about it. Not because it’s controversial, but because it’s true. I care deeply about who owns my work because collecting original art, to me, has never been just a transaction. It’s a shared experience, of energy, consciousness, and intention. Something real is exchanged. Something alive. I see my paintings as living presences. They exist, they respond, they...

Hey, hello there, friend! If you’ve taken a class with me, you know something magical happens when we paint together: the room becomes a field of intention, color, and curiosity, no one works the same way twice, and every canvas carries its own heartbeat. Teaching art isn’t just about technique, it’s a mirror. The moments that surprise me most aren’t the “finished” paintings, but the shifts inside the people making them.  The way someone’s expression softens when they let go of perfection…...

Last week, something shifted. There was no announcement and no pressure to “make something happen.” I simply started painting again, every day. The Shift in Perspective Not as a challenge. Not as a productivity experiment. Just as a practice. For a long time, my painting life has been filled with purpose: collections, commissions, exhibitions, deadlines. All beautiful things. All meaningful. But somewhere along the way, the space for * pure exploration*  became smaller. So instead of waiting...