Drica Lobo

Hey, hello there, friend! I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: what happens when art refuses to stay confined to the wall. As artists, we’re often taught to separate “serious art” from the objects people live with every day. But honestly? I’ve never fully believed that. Some of my favorite pieces I’ve ever created weren’t just paintings, they became jackets, books, wearable pieces, installations, little fragments of a bigger creative world. . I think people are craving that connection more...

Hey, hello there, friend! Ever since I painted my very first wave in the early 90s, something about it stayed with me. Not just visually. Physically. Let me explain… At the time, I painted it for my twin brother, who used to surf. I remember sitting there with one of my professors, trying to follow the same technique he was showing me, and suddenly something clicked in my body before I even had the language for it. Back then, I had no understanding of flow states, creative consciousness,...

Hey, hello there, friend! For the past 100 days, I’ve been painting every single day, and I wish I could tell you I started this with some big strategic plan or a perfectly mapped-out idea of what would come out of it… but the truth is, I didn’t. I started because I wanted to become the kind of person who creates daily. That was the real intention. Not just to make more art, but to feel proud of how I show up, to loosen up, to paint like a child again, and honestly, to see what else was still...