ROPA TENDIDA, watercolor on Yupo

ROPA TENDIDA, watercolor on Yupo, 20x26 in. (51x66 cm.)
This watercolor is from a few years ago. It has been juried into the San Diego Watercolor Society a couple of years ago, then Gallery 21 in Baboa Park, and now into the Point Loma Credit Union watercolor exhibition. You can see it there until November 21st. There will be a reception on October 20th, 3-5 pm. You are all invited!!!!
Yupo is a material used as "paper" for watercolors, but it is actually not paper, it is 100% polypropylene. Since it does not absorb water or the pigment we use, the water and pigment just "sit there" until it dries by evaporation. The color stays much stronger on the surface due to lack of absorption, and it is relatively easy to take away pigment and leave the white of the surface in certain parts with a cotton Q-tip, or a wet brush.

SPANISH VILLAGE, Balboa Park, San Diego, acrylic on canvas

SPANISH VILLAGE, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, 6x6 in. acrylic on canvas
A fun view toward the Zoo, of the Spanish Village area at Balboa Park.  These are the artists studios, about 40 studios there, from painting to glass, metal, souvenirs, trinkets, posters, jewelry, etc. A fun place to visit, with colorful pavers, music on weekend afternoons. Enjoy!

DREAMER, pastel on grey Canson paper

DREAMER, pastel on grey Canson paper, 16x12 in.

This painting is in exhibition at the Juried show of the Pastel Society of San Diego in Gallery 21, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. Reception is TODAY!!! from 5:00-7:00 pm. It is an awesome show!!! Come over and invite your friends!

THE MASTER AT WORK, pastel on black Canson paper

THE MASTER AT WORK, pastel on black Canson paper, 12x9 in
This is a portrait of international DJ Dan DeLeon. He's playing in several venues in California this month, then he does an Asia tour:  Beijing, Singapour, Shanghai. He will return to California for a few days, before embarking on his playing tour of South America: Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. Check him out! Get your tickets early!

This painting will be in exhibition  at the Pastel Society of San Diego Members show at the Point Loma Library, in San Diego, California,  from May 3rd till August 3rd. Reception will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

TRANQUERA CORDOBESA, watercolor

Tranquera Cordobesa, watercolor, 11x14
I forgot to post this watercolor I painted as a demonstration for the San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild exhibition in January: REFLECTIONS. I did the demonstration on January 3rd, at Gallery 21, Spanish Village, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. If you didn't see it finished, and took my card with my Blog, here it is!!! Voila!!!

I was reading a quote by Pablo Picasso: "La Inspiracion existe, pero debe encontrarte trabajando."
"Inspiration exists, but it must find you working."

SPANISH VILLAGE, BALBOA PARK II, acrylic on canvas

SPANISH VILLAGE, BALBOA PARK II, acrylic on canvas, 6x6in. This is the front of Gallery 21, where the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild is exhibiting its show REFLECTIONS, at the moment. The reception is tomorrow, January 5th, from 3-5pm. Come one and all!!!

REFLECTIONS :  It is a fantastic show! There are many beautiful pieces, including mine: a watercolor I painted in Sweden last June, at the entrance on the right, called: Norrfalsviken Bay II, 11x15 in. I have shown it here on my blog, a few days or weeks ago. You can look it up.

NORRFÄLLSVIKEN BAY II, Sweden, watercolor

Norrfälsviken Bay II, Sweden, watercolor, 11x15 in. juried in for: REFLECTIONS, part of the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Exhibition to take place at Gallery 21, Balboa Park, from January 2 to the 13. The opening reception will be on January 5, 3-5pm.

"A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people."       ---Edgar Degas

FEELING GOOD, acrylic on canvas

Feeling Good, 28x22 in., acrylic on canvas. In exhibition and for sale at the Main Restaurant of Inn at the Park, a lovely hotel near Balboa Park, in San Diego, California, at 525 Spruce Street. During December 2013 you can see my work  in  different places in San Diego, two restaurants: Petrini's and Inn at the Park just mentioned, and also at the following galleries: Watercolor Society, Women's Museum of California, Kettner Arts, San Diego Art Institute in Balboa Park, and on line at the San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild. Enjoy! Share with a friend!

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." ---John Muir

PARIS MAP UNDER BALBOA PARK, mixed media

Paris Map Under Balboa Park, 23x16 in, is a mixed media piece I painted a couple of years ago. I used a map of Paris as support, and painted a Balboa Park, in San Diego scene, making sure some areas of the map showed. It is an interesting piece, framed, in exhibition and for sale at the San Diego Art Institute,  Museum of the Living Artist, in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. This exhibition opens from November 18-December 8. Reception is on Saturday, November 23, 6:00-8:00 pm. Come all, come early!! Paintings are bought off the wall, and they sell fast!!

DESNUDA, DE ESPALDAS, watercolor

Desnuda, de Espaldas, 13x10 in. watercolor, available
This painting and several others will be in exhibition and for sale at the San Diego Art Institute, Museum of the Living Artist C-NOTE EVENT,  Balboa Park, California, from November 22nd to December 8th. Reception on Saturday, November 23rd, 6:00-8:00pm. Come early!!!! Since all the paintings in this event have a fixed price of $100 or $200 or $300, they sell fast. You literally take the painting you like off the wall and walk to the check out tables. It is a very popular event, where artists  "clean up" their storage bins, and customers walk out with a favorite painting or two. First come, first served.

ARICA II, CHILE

Arica II, Chile, watercolor, 4x6
South America Cruise series # 20

Waiting to catch a taxi, standing in the corner in front of this awesome hill, I just HAD to draw it. So with my very fine pen, I drew what I saw on my watercolor paper, while my husband and friends tried to hail a taxi. My drawing done, the taxi arrived, and we went to visit some of the marks on the rocks, from the ancient inhabitants of the area. Later I put some color on the drawing...and listo! La montaña de Arica!

Don't forget to come SUNDAY, APRIL 14TH, TO THE RECEPTION AT GALLERY 21, SPANISH VILLAGE ART CENTER, BALBOA PARK, SAN DIEGO. 3:00-7:00PM. If you must, call in sick at work, ditch school, walk a hundred miles, and come see the show! Then, buy some paintings!

ARICA, CHILE, watercolor

Arica, Chile, watercolor, 12x9 in.
South American Cruise watercolor series # 18

South on the Pacific Ocean, our next port was Arica, in the border between Peru and Chile. Arica used to belong to Peru, now it belongs to Chile. Very dry area of the world, Arica has brown hills with some  ancient hieroglyphics, very interesting. This painting is also in exhibition at FROM THE END OF THE WORLD show at Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, San Diego, California, till April 22nd. My paintings are exhibited together with Doreen Mellen's ceramics. Come see our work! Come to our Artists'  Reception on Sunday April 14th, from 3:00-7:00 pm. You are invited!

A MEDIA LUZ, tango, watercolor, acrylic

A Media Luz, tango in watercolor and acrylic, 30x22

Exhibition of my paintings FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, Argentina and South America, starting tomorrow April 9 till the 22nd. In conjunction with Doreen Mellen's elegant ceramics, she's from Australia, another country FROM THE END OF THE WORLD. Our artists' Reception is next Sunday, April 14th, from 3:00-7:00pm.

Where? Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. Come one and all!

EL PATIO DE LA MOROCHA, watercolor and acrylic

El Patio de la Morocha, watercolor and acrylic, 30x22 in.

One of the Tango series for exhibition at the show: FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, at Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. Exhibition goes from April 9 to April 22, 2013. The Reception is on Sunday, April 14, 3:00-7:00 pm.

I am exhibiting my Tango series, and the watercolors done in my recent trip to South America. Doreen Mellen, ceramist from Australia, shares the gallery with me, showing her beautiful collection of white ceramics, "usable art" as she calls it. Do what you must: ditch work, miss school, whatever, and come see our show. Two weeks only! don't miss it!

GUATEMALAN WOMEN, watercolor

Guatemalan Women, watercolor, 12x9
South American Cruise # 9

This is the 9th painting in the series of watercolors from my recent cruise to South America. As we arrived in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, a show had been prepared with men and women dressed in typical Guatemalan folkloric outfits. They were lovely!

Scroll down in start at the beginning. I will continue publishing these watercolors from my trip for a couple of weeks. All the originals will be in exhibition at Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, from April 9 to 22nd. This show is in conjunction with Doreen Mellen ceramics. Since she's from Australia and I am from Argentina, we are calling our show: "From the End of the World".

COLLIURE II, FRANCE

Colliure II, France, watercolor, 7x5 in. available at the Small Image Show in Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, San Diego, California. The town of Colliure, in the South of France, offers a beautiful small beach, fishing boats, a light-house, and the history of Mattise, Derain and the Fauves living, painting, and inventing themselves there. In a fun example of life immitating art, the houses of the whole town are painted of different colors, following the Fauves creative flights in their paintings.

Again, this is an invitation to come see the Small Image Show at Gallery 21 in the Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. The show will go on till February 25. The reception is tomorrow Saturday, January 26th, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm.  Hope to see you there!!

PARIS, LA TOUR EIFFEL II

Paris, La Tour  Eiffel II, watercolor, 5x6 in. available at Gallery 21: "Small Image Show", Spanish Village Art Center in Balboa Park, San Diego, California.

The Small Image Show runs from January 23 to February 25, it is open daily 11am to 4pm. You are invited to the Reception, this coming Saturday, January 26, 4:00-8:00pm.  I hope to see you there!

FRIENDSHIP GARDEN SOUNDS, watercolor

Friendship Garden Sounds, watercolor, 7x10 in.
Painted on location, plein-air, at the Japanese Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego, California.

"It's not the wind that decides your destination, it's the orientation you give your sails. The wind is the same for everybody."                                                                                            ---Jim Rohn

"A pessimist makes of his occasions difficulties, and an optimist makes of his difficulties, occasions."
                                                                                                                     ----Harry Truman

FRIENDSHIP GARDEN MEDITATION, watercolor

Friendship Garden Meditation, watercolor, 7x10 in.
We can all do with a few minutes or hours in a quiet, relaxing place surrounded by nature. Painting in this Japanese Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, a couple of weeks ago was so energizing and relaxing, I finished a couple of watercolors, without feeling tired. My spirit soars when I can paint in a beautiful place like this, listening to the waterfall behind me, in quiet and peace.

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror, pastel portrait, 20x16, available @La Jolla Art Association Gallery.
A few years ago, I asked my grand-daughter Emily to play with different hats and scarfs in front of the mirror, while I was taking pictures of her for future portraits. This is one of them. It is now on exhibition at La Jolla Art Association gallery, at 8100 Paseo del Ocaso, La Jolla, California. Come to the reception on Friday evening, from 6:30-8:00pm. There are other artists exhibiting, it is a beautiful show!

Today I painted several hours at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park, San Diego.  I did three watercolors. After I photograph them, I will share them in the blog. This garden is beautiful, they are in the process of expanding it, so in the Spring 2013 it will be bigger, at different levels.