FLORAL SYNCHRONY, BELTANE, WOOMER PENCILS, ARTIST CLOSEUP AND THE END IN ST. LOUIS

 Hello beautiful people!

I feel like has been a long time since I did the last post and it was, I was surprised that FLORAL SYNCHRHONY was nor presented here after some months of being created.

In this post I'm going to tell you about some of my last days in St. Louis and how they ended before starting a new chapter in my life. I'll also tell you about the collaboration I did with Woomer and one of the posts about my work on Artist Close Up.

So ok, lets stART by the beginning, here I present FLORAL SYNCHRONY.

Meanwhile in Arkansas...

Look at those washes! the sketch has started to get some color. It's all about color, spring vibes are here and I could not be more happy surrounded with flowers, rainbows, sunlight, peace and the love of my love.

Was a delight to paint this piece each morning; I devoted my time to the vase with the fish. It is incredible how my brain and emotions function when I paint.

Can you imagine entering an artist’s psyche while they paint, experiencing that moment from both the inside and the outside? Personally, I find myself constantly surprised by my own process, and I love it, for it means gaining a precise awareness of how the synergy between mind and spirit truly works.

My mind organizes, but my spirit creates, feels, and expresses.

I returned to one of my most personal themes: flowers and birds. 💐 🐦

This painting began as a memory.

A blue jay I first saw in Iowa, in Des Moines (I think often about this place) and which has stayed with me ever since.I paired it with a sparrow, almost blending into the background like those silent presences that tell stories, too.

I painted pink lilies, inspired by the ones I once planted in my studio in St. Louis. 

And inside the vase, two orange fishes creating a dialogue between that which flies and that which swims. 😊🙌🏻

But the most special part came later. 🤩🤗

Sometimes, art isn't just created...it also synchronizes and this is another way art and life tell stories. 🥰

Back to STL I have had good days, was not so cold, time has flown by. I was packing, napping, walking and enjoying nature so much and also I did a small Beltane celebration with my cat.

Thank you so much to the people who have bought my art and, old and new work. 🙏💖

I spent the days organizing, thinking about all my life in STL and how I have arrived at this present point of my life, was a roller coaster that I don't want to ride anymore, but I leave happy from the experience and even more happy for the future.

I was contacted by Woomer, a company in China to test these Woomer pencils, and honestly, I liked them much better than Prismacolors. They are super creamy and don't break as easily as the Prismas have for me. I don't use colored pencils often as my main media, but when I do, it's nice to have a really good set.

Here a poppy made with the color pencils

Also I was published in the magazine Artist CoseUp with my painting "Running with the wolves".

And finally, the STL era has come to a end...

The Chelsea Studio. 

- I am grateful for this little space, where the walls vibrated with my best and worst moments.

- My artistic techniques and skills grew here. Over eight years, I created hundreds of works.

- I finally painted on larger formats, the biggest being 58x72 inches. Well, it was bigger, but a squirrel gnawed on it, so I had to adjust the size.

- From this small studio, I painted dreams, portraits, animals, and anything else that sparked my inspiration.

- Although I sometimes complained about the lack of light and space, it never stopped me from creating. On the contrary, it forced me to be more creative.

- I taught both online and in-person classes in this studio.

- Even though three people could barely fit inside.

- Over time, my studio also became my sanctuary—the place where I spent more hours than anywhere else.

- Sometimes I having liked the walls filled with art; At other times, I preferred to keep everything clear because my mind needed a blank canvas.

- It was called "Chelsea" because it was located on Chelsea Avenue.

- Some of my best paintings were born here—works that received honorable mentions and accolades.

- I rearranged the furniture and layout countless times, always trying to make the most of every inch.

- For a while, I moved to the Rock Hill Studio, a space with wonderful natural light.

- I spent nearly five months there while the Chelsea studio was being repaired after a flood.

- It was at Chelsea that I sold my first painting for over $2,000. It was so surreal!

- Chelsea was the studio where I cried the most—and where I painted the most.

- And just when things seemed darkest, I let go of control, trusted the process, and began to see the most beautiful things unfold.

- Today, I close this door with gratitude. Every corner holds a story, a brushstroke, and a lesson I will carry with me.

- Life has changed, and so has my art. A new creative odyssey begins in another studio, with so much love, new dreams, new walls, and new light. 

And now...

Road to the road of happiness.

ETERNAL GAZE AND ART IN EL PASO TEXAS

 Hello friends!

Has been a while since I don't post, but here I am and I want to share one of my recent paintings: ETERNAL GAZE.

To buy this painting click HERE

And everything started like this...

Waiting waiting waiting, no more. Here my new sketch over my canvas. I did this two weeks ago while I was swimming in the mess of my room, but now it's time to get back to the art track.

The S.A.D got me like every year, I wanted to spend most of the time just on the couch taking naps waiting for the days to go faster, but there is a point where feeling pulled down is enough. Yes I have picked up all my mess and restarted from the rest-art.

Meaningful symbols in art are always part of the story. This painting is full of them like all my paintings.

Here the eye. What do I see? What did I see? What do you see?

Your eye, my eye, our. 👁️ 🎨 

This painting incorporates elements I observed in Arkansas during the month of February—hence, the central figure is an eye. But what do all the other shapes and colors mean? 🤷🏻‍♀️

The eye is inspired by tribal art 👁️ ; at that time, I had just started watching *Survivor: Africa*. 🦅 The bird in the upper-left corner represents various black birds I frequently saw whenever I looked out the window—particularly upon waking up. There were hawks and crows, also the airport in Little Rock has an amazing floor with birds🌹 The rose situated near the corner of the eye symbolizes the red roses my love gave me on Valentine's Day, while the branches on the right side are those visible from the window of my new studio. In the bottom-right corner sits a small bird 🐦—a mockingbird—which is the official state bird of Arkansas; what better way to enrich this composition of my “inner world” than by making it a part of the piece? The colors are quite intense—perhaps reflecting the fact that I have become more intense in my decision-making—yet the white wings serve as a counterpoint, representing softness, peace, and balance.

You can see the video about all the process and meaning here in my Youtube channel.

During March I made a short visit to El paso Texas and here I share a few details from some paintings I saw in the Art Museum of El Paso

ANSELM KIEFEL, ART IN BLOOM, GETTING INSPIRED WITH FLOWERS

 Hi everyone! 

How are you? How's it going? I'm doing well, here a little slow and cloudy, so when the sun comes out I'm really happy.

Today I want to share my inspiration with you, since I went to the St. Louis Museum to see the Art in Bloom presentation and Anselm Kiefer's enormous paintings.

There was no shortage of inspiration with the floral arrangements designed based on pieces like paintings and objects that are part of the museum's collection. I was so happy surrounded by so many flowers and paintings because they're some of my favorite things!

I also want to take another close look at Anselm Kiefer's work "Becoming the Sea," a German painter and sculptor whose work is impressive in terms of size and style.

After the tour, Valentina and I went to draw and watercolor while we ate some snacks and enjoyed the weather and the artistic introspection we had just experienced.

My next paintings will be inspired in flowers, eyes and wings. My main idea was born because my love gave me some beautiful roses (flowers), we saw an amazing sunset (eyes), and I thought to paint all the key elements that I will explain eventually as my painting progress.

Also we saw some huge trunks that were tore down due a tornado last year, and I could not avoid to see them as part of a natural and beautiful installation.

I filmed a short video about the botanical show and the paintings.