Daniela Busarello
Daniela Busarello was born in 1973 in Brazil and now she lives and works in Paris. Daniela calls herself an expressionist of life and strives to analyze the world around her: objects of living nature are central to her work. She believes that art is a force that can change a person and everything around them.
Daniela Busarello focuses on restoring harmony between culture and ecosystem, based on a vision of time and the influence of the feminine. Her work is inextricably linked to nature and explores the places that are a source of inspiration for the artist.
Elapsed Time is a series of works created by Daniela Busarello during the COVID-19 pandemic, while she was in different places and seasons (winters in Paris, autumns in the Luberon, and summers in the Mata Atlântica). During the lockdown, when ordinary social life was interrupted, long quiet walks became an opportunity to notice the flora underfoot and all around. Busarello began, almost subconsciously, to “draw closer” to nature, depicting plants at life size on large sheets of paper. Using water from the Esmerças River, she painted delicate branches and flowers at full scale, connecting them with fine lines, dots, and cutouts that form a circle. The wreath—over millennia a symbol of innocence, youth, prosperity, victory, and the endless cycle of life—became the central element of these works. Similarly, small watercolor drawings were made using water from the Ligurian Sea. These works are a kind of meditation on time, nature, and the continuous cycle of life, underscored by the beauty and fragility of plants.
“Anima Mundi” is the concept of a world soul—an inner bond linking all living beings, just as the soul is linked to the human body. The Anima Mundi painting series was begun by Daniela Busarello in 2020, during the lockdown. At that time, although people were physically separated, they were connected through the internet, which heightened awareness of our global interconnectedness.
The works in Anima Mundi symbolize the world’s feelings in response to everyday events related to ecology, politics, science, art, and humanity as a whole. The artist chose the symbol of the heart to express the idea of the world soul. The heartbeat becomes a metaphor for consciousness, emotional and moral awareness, as well as courage, strength, and generosity.
The dimensions of her works are always meaningful. In Anima Mundi, a small canvas with a large heart inside symbolizes a living, vibrating entity striving to burst out of its confined space and reclaim life beyond it. This project underscores the unity of humankind and its emotional connection to events unfolding in the world.
