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.