Reni Soares is a San Diego–based painter originally from the Cape Verde Islands, a small and vibrant country off the west coast of Africa. Working primarily with acrylics, she creates both abstract and figurative paintings that are rich in color, emotion, and narrative. Deeply influenced by her Cape Verdean roots, Soares infuses her work with a strong sense of rhythm, nature, and vibrant color, exploring the ongoing search for balance that shapes both her life and art. Her abstract paintings draw inspiration from the natural world, evoking moments of serenity and connection through flowing forms and layered textures, while her figurative works centered on women reflect personal experiences, resilience, and transformation. Across all her work, Soares seeks to reveal the tension and harmony between opposites, weaving together memory, place, identity, and emotion into a cohesive visual language of movement and stillness.