So what can the delicacy of watercolor teach us about the immense
strength of the rainforest? Sonia answers with the insight of someone
who knows both worlds: “The delicacy of watercolor shows that the
strength of the forest lies in the subtlety of its living silence, in the
persistence of its waters, in the lightness that sustains life.” It proves that
true power doesn’t come from rigidity, but from the ability to flow, to
adapt, and to endure.
For Sonia Scalabrin, colors hold memories — of damp soil, of golden light
filtering through the canopy, of shadows that hide mysteries. Her art
becomes a guardian of these memories. She doesn’t want viewers to
simply admire her work; she hopes they will “feel the soul of the forest
and, through it, their own soul.” Her goal is that this experience awakens
reverence and connection, turning art into “a portal to the sacredness of
nature, like a silent prayer that brings peace to the soul.”
When asked if art can protect a forest, her answer is a resounding yes —
but it’s a protection that begins within: “When art makes the forest beat
inside the heart of whoever looks at it, an invisible kind of protection is
born: care.”
In the end, the most urgent message her Amazonian watercolors send to
the world is a call to awaken to our interconnection. With the clarity of
someone who sees the web that binds everything, she says: “What we
wound out there echoes in here.” Her paintings are that echo, a reflection
that reminds us there is no future unless we find harmony again with the
earth that sustains us. They are, at their core, an act of love and a plea for
preservation, painted with the same water that flows through the rivers
and the same colors that beat in the heart of the rainforest.
Instagram: @soniascalabrinartist