"THE MIRROR TWINS Series" Pop Contemporary

Who are the Mirror Twins?

I often don’t like to reveal too much about my paintings of the twins. I feel that as a Woman, … there is some parts of us that always lives a “little girl that lives in the the balance of dualities… worlds”

-Cristina Natsuko Paulos

Although the Mirror Twins are shown as sisters, they represent the sometimes fractured parts of my mind.

Because I like to create art that shows balance - whether between light and dark, madness and sanity, fear and courage, and so on - the Mirror Twins give me the opportunity to explore that balance within myself visually.  I can then combine the exploration of my mind, often influenced by Western and Eastern pop culture and values, fairy tales, and early childhood development.

I use cartoon design features to draw people in so that they’re able to be comfortable enough to explore uncomfortable topics.

-CRISTINA NATSUKO PAULOS

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"Down the Rabbit hole..." and "In the Shadow" series

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This series uses more traditional narrative visual story telling.  In the dark there is always light…. We are all slaves to something, whether it’s your diagnosis of illness, a person or object or something as negative thoughts. Thoughts can run like wild-fire.  Fears of being trapped, or being unable to escape once an attachment. Sometimes it feels like the only way to be free is to have a big wave or force wash it all away and start over, hoping that the important, non-monster parts of yourself stay intact.  In my work, I often draw the mirror twins naked except for socks because of feelings of vulnerability combined with a small reassurance.  What can go wrong when you’ve got warm socks on?

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"The Language of Flowers" and "The Galaxic Cosmic Orgy Formations" series

 A more abstracted series exploring the thoughts of creation, the big bang and love.  How mysterious the languages of all nature and creation is....

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"Stay Seated" series

A Playful series exploring the female feminism... from silence, gender roles, symbols in: culture, mannerism and values