In “Cycles of Being,” Carina Söderström invites viewers into a contemplative space where nature and the human spirit merge into one continuous rhythm. Her paintings reveal a delicate balance between vulnerability and strength—between the quiet unfolding of life and the inevitable transformation that accompanies it. Drawing from her own lived experience as a woman, Söderström creates works that are both introspective and universal. Each brushstroke becomes a gesture of empathy, an echo of shared emotions that transcend boundaries. Her compositions, often characterized by organic movement and soft luminosity, evoke a sense of growth, motion, and renewal—mirroring the constant flow of life itself.

Söderström’s background in art therapy imbues her work with emotional intelligence and spiritual sensitivity. She approaches each canvas as an exploration of the psyche, where fragility is not weakness, but the very essence of beauty and existence. The human form and natural motifs intertwine fluidly, dissolving the line between the body and the landscape.

The artist describes her process as an act of “directing full attention and wholehearted emotion toward the atmosphere that shows—in nature, mind, and body.” In this way, her art becomes a meditation on connection—to oneself, to others, and to the cyclical rhythm of the universe.

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Through “Cycles of Being,” Söderström celebrates the luminous interplay between creation and dissolution, presence and absence, silence and renewal. Her works remind us that to be fragile is also to be alive—and that within each ending lies the quiet beginning of something new.