Constantina Seracin: Self-Taught Painter on AI, Intuition, and 'Burn All the Boats'

Constantina Seracin, a self-taught painter, abandoned a managerial career in the supermarket industry to pursue art full-time, a decision that remains central to her practice. Management instilled leadership, organization, responsibility, and problem-solving skills, but her studio work relies on intuition and experimentation rather than formal training. Trataka meditation is a key part of her process, quieting her mind to let vivid images surface; she also visualizes scenes during ordinary conversations, treating these impressions as starting points for paintings. Artificial intelligence is a central subject because she sees it as inseparable from questions about emotion, identity, connection, and relationships, and she maintains an ongoing AI series with no definitive endpoint. Social media and human behavior also inform her explorations of identity and self-development. Her acrylic on canvas painting 'Burn All the Boats,' from the Inner Alchemy series, draws on the story of a conqueror who orders his soldiers to burn their boats upon arrival, eliminating any possibility of retreat. Seracin links that irreversible commitment to her own choice to leave a secure job for art. The work embodies courage, transformation, commitment, and self-trust while moving into unpredictable circumstances. Her practice continues to examine change through intuitive, future-oriented images that have not yet reached final answers.