Lola Gomez - Killing Me Softly (XL - No Reserve)

THE STORY BEHIND “Killing Me Softly”

Every painting in my studio is born from music. And in my studio, music means a CD or a record, never a playlist. No skipping, no algorithm, no next song chosen for me. I put an album on, I stop thinking, and I stay inside one mood long enough for it to end up on the canvas.

“Killing Me Softly” came out of an afternoon with The Fugees’ The Score playing start to finish. That track has this groove that stays cool on the surface but hits hard underneath, Lauryn Hill’s voice doing more damage than the beat ever could. That tension is all over the painting: the gold and blue sit calm together until that red cuts through, the same way the song stays smooth right up until it doesn’t. Like all my work, it carries the title of the song that shaped it.

If you want to hear where it comes from, play the track and look again. I promise it changes.

I PAINT LOUD.

Colour is my language, and I don't use it quietly. Layers of acrylic built up with palette knives and brushes, so the surface has texture you want to touch. Energy first, warmth second, and a little melancholy hiding in between.

Collected around the world

My paintings live with collectors worldwide, in homes, studios and offices where people wanted colour that actually says something. This one is ready to join them.

About the artist:
* Spanish painter based in Central Europe
* Trained in London as an architect and interior designer: composition, space and colour run through everything she makes
* Completed a course at Sotheby’s Institute of Art
* Grew up in a family of painters, so paint has always felt like home
* Works only with CDs and vinyl in the studio; every painting is titled after the record that was playing while it was made

Details
* Original, one-of-a-kind painting, directly from the artist's studio
* High-quality acrylics on canvas, finished with a protective varnish
* Includes signed certificate of authenticity
* Delivered framed
* Your local framer can re-stretch and mount it; indicated measurements are the stretched size, the actual canvas is larger to allow for mounting.