Saudade: It is a feeling of longing for someone or something that is absent. A yearning for the happiness that once was. A love that will stay forever within you, but cannot have.
About My Art
Art has been an essential part of my being since I was a little girl. The only way I was able to express myself was through my art. I didn’t often speak of my emotions growing up, so instead I let my art speak for me. Painting and drawing helped me relieve the weight of life and deal with the trauma that I have experienced. Through my art I found my words and purpose.
My paintings are my experiences throughout my life. Showing what pain someone goes through should not be taboo or tucked away. Through my art I wanted to normalize the important talk about trauma and healing.
About Me
Hello!
My name is Alexandria Tkach.
I am a wife and a mother of two beautiful boys.
I live in New Mexico with my husband, children and our dogs. I have an associates in Psychology, and currently completing my Bachelors in Psychology with a minor in Portuguese. I grew up in the Southwest, and lived in the South Carolina.
I paint with acrylics, draw with charcoal and graphite. I also tinker is making jewelry and statues as well. I love anything hands on that I can create.
In my Junior year of high school, I did a foreign exchange program to Brasil. I lived there for a year. It was an incredible, eye-opening experience. That is where the name came from. Touch of Saudade. Saudade the love you cannot have. Although some may think of that as sad, I think that it is something to be fond of. That you had something or someone to love. To strive for those moments again, for that love again. Even if it is not exactly how you pictured it. And sometimes through our lives I believe that a touch of saudade is what makes everything so much more meaningful.