My work reflects on the fragile tension between what is natural and what is human-made—between what fades and what we try to preserve. I use organic materials like leaves, branches, and other ephemeral forms as stand-ins for ourselves: fragile, transient, and always in a state of change.
Encasing these elements in resin, I create a pause—a deliberate interruption of their natural decay. The result is not a celebration of sustainability, but a meditation on memory, control, and the deep, often subconscious human desire to resist time.
Each work is a quiet relic. A body. A trace. Something once alive, now frozen in an artificial afterlife. The resin is both protective and suffocating—preserving the form while erasing its natural destiny.
I am not trying to return to nature, but to confront our estrangement from it. Our longing to hold on. Our need to leave a mark. In these preserved fragments of life, I see reflections of ourselves: vulnerable, beautiful, impermanent.
In a world that demands either purity or progress, my work lingers in the space between—where we preserve not because we should, but because we can’t bear to let go.
I made a series of 3 black and white leaves for an exhibition in Bissen, Luxembourg and ended up loving the results. I will definitely make more.
(Sold) - This whole collection was bought by a hotel that will hang it in their premium rooms.
This is one of the first pieces I did without painting the leaves. I am always afraid of how the natural pigments will fade or not so I asked the person who bought it to keep me posted if anything changes.
Soulmates is a water lily composition I’m very proud of. I’ve been having a hard time finding lily pads and a good friend had some in his pond. I took pictures to help me with this composition and layers them carefully over and under each other. I feel like they are all different but in harmony with each other just like soulmates.
Feeling golden is another mixed leaf piece that is from my walks.
This one is actually still available, so if you are interested you can send me an email for more details: tiffanyamatos@gmail.com
My red african mask comes from my own african mask plant also called Alocasia. My father actually gave me this plant even though he originally bought it for himself. His selfless act will continue to inspire me and therefore I will provide many beautiful artworks with it.
(Sold)
My ginkgos of rue Joseph Junk I picked from a street near Luxembourg station. I love the juxtaposition of the beauty of the ginkgos compared to the drug and homeless vibe of the street.
(Sold)
My walk home is the first of my new bodies of work focusing solely on the leaf.
I picked these leaves on my walk home when I was living in Neudorf, Luxembourg. Dried them and picked the nicest ones to finally make this composition.
I never sold this piece as it means so much to me and I decided to keep it for my daughter.
This is the second monstera I do put the first one with so much detail in my painting technique.
The evolution just from the first monstera to the second was actually huge.
Young green african mask is as I mentioned before from a plant my father gave me that he had bought for himself and because I asked to have it he without a thought gave it to me.
(Sold)
