Essays & Reviews 

“Ruwette’s paintings engage with the years of crisis that marked the beginning of this century in the country. A somber gaze toward the environment presents characters in ambiguous situations, facing an unknown fate. These scenes unfold amidst the turmoil of urban life, as seen in the work The Day After; a realistic piece in which a solitary man reflects, immobilized within a hazy atmosphere created by a palette of muted blues and deep reds, highlighted by sparse luminous points.” Sarah Guerra.

Sarah Guerra, Argentina. Professor of Art History, Researcher, Independent Critic and Curator. Critic in “Argentine Art in Times of Crisis”, ED EDEA, 2007, Page 120.

“Cecilia Ruwette uses oil and acrylic to shape a figurative painting with streaks of realistic and expressionist rawness. Her creations do not rest on beauty; she delves into the raw worlds of desolate beings who remain detached from the spectator or observe them with firmness, communicating their personal tragedy, always in solitude. A solitude that envelops the character until they are drowned in their own miseries—a solitude that prevails even when multiple characters appear: each one, individually, is alone.

An atmosphere charged with elaborate backgrounds, the contrast of chiaroscuro and tenebrism, with well-executed drawing and excellent pictorial brushwork. The color fades, darkens, and glides across the canvas like a whirlwind of wise and precise strokes. And in the midst of all this darkness, there is always a place for light… a window, a lighthouse in the night. A beam of light slipping through the forest… a way out.”

Yolanda Guerrero Otero

Critic in the book “Ibero-American Encyclopedia of Contemporary Visual Artists”, ED NAPSA, 2004, Page 136.

Poetry & Printmaking: "Nocturno" 

“Based on the poem Nocturno. A man walks aimlessly, his only companion his shadow, which stretches out before him. Darkness is ever-present. A stray dog accentuates his solitude. The city lights and the moon in its transit mark the passing hours, suspended between dream and reality.”

      Joan-Lluís De Yebra

“Warmest congratulations, Cecilia Ruwette, for this mention; and thank you for staging this solitude, surrounded by night and the remnants of rain, in a silence broken only by the character’s ascent: ‘the climb was lost in the mist.”

      Roser Pintó

“The artist Cecilia Ruwette dedicates this linocut to the poem Nocturn per a acordeó by Salvat-Papasseit, describing the solitude the poet felt while working as a night watchman at Moll de la Fusta. The print conveys the silence of the city and the harbor, broken only by the watchman's rounds and the howl of a masterless dog.”