Thursday, November 17, 2016, began the XV Bienal de Arte de Ponce (15th Art Biennial of Ponce). It is an art exhibition sponsored by the Commission on the Arts of the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce. More than 70 well-known professional artists, residing in Puerto Rico, the United States and the Dominican Republic, are displaying their art at the…
“Art is inspiring.Walking into a gallery, or when the lights go up on a stage;that thrill of getting something that has nothing to do with acquisition”– Sadie Jones I recently joined Artsyshark Gallery, and I have to admit that I was drawn by their slogan: Art for inspired living. When they invited me to join their gallery,…
This video shows the watercolor painting process of my recent artwork “Midnight Whisperers”. Midnight Whisperers presents the dichotomy of a shared dream. As the creature dreams that he is whispering to the ear of the child, the child tells his secrets in his dream to the horse. All of this happens within a background where…
“An artist is an explorer”– Henri Matisse Street artist Sean Yoro, aka HULA, wants to raise awareness about climate issues with his newest series of paintings, A’o’ Ana or The Warning, directly onto the melting icebergs. Hula uses his paddle board as his own “floating studio” while painting in the most unusual surfaces. He is known for his large painted murals of women…
“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye”– Dorothy Parker There are so many secrets in watercolor paintings. It isn’t about how much water is on your brush; it’s about the evaporation speed of the water on your paper. There are many ways of applying paint. I prefer to start painting large areas. I love to…
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.– Scott Adams In my previous post, Aquarelle, the Unforgivable Medium, I shared with you my other passion: watercolor painting. Watercolor is a medium that discourages many people due to its impossibility to correct. But I like spontaneity, and watercolor certainly allows it. Watercolor Process The…
“Painting in watercolor is like walking a tight-rope; one must achieve a perfect balance between what the paint wants to do and what the artist wants to do, or all is lost.– Mary C. Taylor After I shared with you My Treasures and My Art Evolution in previous posts, I decided to do some watercolor paintings. And although I have some…
“Time flies over us,but leaves its shadow behind.”– Nathaniel Hawthorne Do you remember the treasures I happily shared with you in My Treasures and Art Evolutionpost? Well, I found them inside a big box with many more of my drawings and paintings. Most are black and white drawings but there are some in a combination of…
“We are governed by our moods; should be the other way around”– Haresh Sippy I’m reading Picasso: Creator and Destroyer by Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington. For some, it is the darkest portrayal yet of the celebrated father of Cubism in modern art: Pablo Picasso. According to Arianna Huffington, Picasso was a wretchedly flawed genius, sadistic and treacherous, a liar who betrayed friends…
“The only source of knowledge is experience.”– Albert Einstein A few days ago, I was organizing my studio, and you know what? I found several pieces of graphic artwork that I made a long time ago. Did you know that back then we had to draw everything without computer assistance? It’s true, and I did it with…
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