Picture by Shari Ruzzi
Love letters to the Sea.
The sea and I are very, very old friends.
One of my most beautiful and earliest memories in life is me collecting tiny objects in nature.
Each discovery filled me with so much joy.
Over the years, my collection kept growing and became an essential part of my own being.
I still remember where I found which shell and which stone in which bay.
I even remember who was with me and the energy. These Items are charged with meaning.
Even the smallest ones receive a unique spot in my home.
Till this day, the habit of collecting is my form of meditation.
Getting recharged by the energy of the sea, salt and sand covering me with a second skin.
The skin I feel most comfortable in.
After the treasure hunting, I go home with a new future for all these broken stones and shells.
Knowing they will contribute to the next chapters of my life,
where I’ll make everything around me beautiful. That will be my purpose.
My heart is with nature. That’s why I am an artist.
-Whitney
BIO
Whitney Ruzzi is an artist born in Belgium (1990) with Italian roots.
She has always been an observer of life. Watching people, animals and nature gave her a better understanding of the complexity, and simplicity of life.
Taking in this energy made her sensitive and caring and gave her the desire to create. It is in this desire she started to look for ways to express herself through different artistic forms, such as cinema, painting and music.
After years of creating and exploring, Whitney chose to turn her love for the arts into a profession.
The CARA COLLECTION - a series of beautiful imperfections of the soul - was her first collection and solo expo (2018). These colorful abstract portraits are reflections of the raw inner self, with the goal to encourage people's imperfections.
After her first solo expo, the urge to explore the connection between spirits and the earth triggers her to travel to Mallorca. She wanted to connect on a deeper level with what inspires her the most: nature.
The beautiful island gave her the inspiration for a second solo exhibition: the TARA COLLECTION (2020). A venture to make people fall in love again with Mother nature. This is the common thread in her artworks: an own artistic and creative interpretation of the fusion between mankind and nature.
At present, Whitney moved to Mallorca, Spain. Her first solo expo on the island will be about her relationship with a very old friend; the sea. "LOVE LETTERS TO THE SEA" is a homage, a story of how her passion of collecting items at the beach transformed its way into her work.
"I sincerely hope my work will enhance your love for mother nature. That you have a deeper connection with her and yourself. Pure beauty, as in pure soul, is able to inspire us all to contribute to more harmony and
peace in this troubled world."
-Whitney Ruzzi
Picture by Shari Ruzzi