My life, my inspirations

Stephia Claisse abstract artist in mallorca

Stephia Claisse Gonzalez

Contemporary artist living in Mallorca, creating abstract oil paintings inspired by the Balearic Islands, the sea, and the mystical side of life. I believe in my dreams and I pursue them.

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love Islands, I spent some magnificent years in Ireland, enjoying the west wild Atlantic coast, I also stayed on the Aran Islands for some times. Unforgettable experience, that have help me forge my artist identity, and connect with the Celtic psyche.

Stephia and zapouche hiking cala torta blue Mallorca

About me

  • I was born in the North of France

  • My need to discover other cultures pushed me to live abroad

  • Early in life I was influenced by Artists native of my region, Auguste Herbin, Henri Matisse, Genevieve Claisse

  • I met my art mentor Donatella Cinquini Richtman when I travelled to Ireland, I spent many years working with her diving into the world of florentines art traditions.

  • I has always been clear to me that I wanted to pursue an artistic path and be an abstract painter.

  • I am also a performance artist

  • I facilitate Ancient Greek Silent Theatre workshop.

  • I created the Creative Art Activation.

  • Something amusing, I grew up believing, until I was about hum…ten or so, that all contemporary painters exclusively produced abstract art work lol then I was confronted with reality and found out the world is so much bigger!

The extraordinary thing about art is that whether you need to create it, collect it, have a sensory experience, it will find you, or, you will find it, either way there will be an attraction.
— Stephia