Claudia Pons Bohman (b.1999) is an Ecuadorian artist from Swedish and Spanish backgrounds. Deeply connected to nature, she often incorporates it as a prominent element in her paintings alongside ideas that are inspired by specific places, thoughts, or dreams that capture and hold her imagination. Pons Bohman’s creative process involves letting the paint guide her, creating shapes and figures that she then works with and hides inside the scene. These intuitive motifs often reflect her inner thoughts and emotions; an exploration of the spiritual self. She is convinced that as living beings, humans can communicate with their departed loved ones. In her recent works, she articulates reflections on grief, wherein she discerns the presence of spirits through symbols, whispers, dreams, and nature’s subtle signs. Conjuring images of an eternal paradisiacal realm filled with vibrant colours and enigmatic scenes, Claudia portrays these creatures, birds that defy conventional expectations by not flying or swimming, imbuing them with a surreal, comedic quality to facilitate her artistic expression. Within her paintings, Claudia crafts depictions of a paradise where flowers sprout from the feet of deceased chickens, and interconnected chickens resemble inverted refections, symbolizing the transition of life force as one’s earthly journey concludes.