Esperanza Morcillo - BE A LIGHT TO YOURSELF

Title: Be a Light to Yourself
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 × 40 cm
Year: 2025
Unique artwork – signed

This work depicts a hybrid figure, somewhere between bird and human, suspended in a dark and dense space. The character, with an open and alert gaze, seems to move guided by an inner light rather than an external destination. The exposed red heart becomes the emotional core of the composition, symbolising vulnerability, resilience and life.
The painting is created through an intuitive and expressive process. Multiple layers of oil paint generate organic textures and an almost dreamlike atmosphere. The absence of straight lines and the distortion of the figure reinforce a sense of inner movement and transformation.
The artwork invites an introspective reading: being your own light in the midst of darkness, without relying on external references. A symbolic and emotional piece, close to figurative expressionism with subtle surrealist echoes.
Artist: Esperanza Morcillo
Artist description:
Esperanza Morcillo is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist whose work moves between figurative expressionism and surreal symbolism. Her creative process is deeply intuitive: she paints guided by emotion, gesture and inner perception rather than preliminary sketches or rigid structures.
Her paintings often feature distorted or hybrid figures, organic forms and visible textures, exploring themes such as inner strength, vulnerability, transformation and consciousness. Straight lines are intentionally avoided, allowing movement and imperfection to become essential elements of the composition.
Morcillo works primarily with oil on canvas, applying layered paint and tactile surfaces that invite close observation. Her approach reflects a personal visual language developed outside academic conventions, giving her work an authentic and raw emotional presence.
Her artworks are unique, emotionally charged pieces that invite introspection and resonate with collectors drawn to symbolic, expressive and contemporary figurative art. Instagram: @oleosespe