maru cardillo
Maru P. Cardillo, currently living and working in Costa Rica, was born in Argentina with an uncommon form of color blindness called Tritanopia.
To say the absence of blue retinal cone cells gifted Maru the ability to see the world differently is an understatement, for the remarkability of her work is in its skillful semantic redefinition of the meaning and usage of, “color.”
Knowing she sees the world in a distinct manner has led Maru to not employ color as an artistic tool BUT rather, through mediums such as OIL, acrylics, ink, pencil, AND watercolor, color becomes the main subject of the work and therefore more intimately linked to the artist’s emotional expression.