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.

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!

Spanish Village, Balboa Park I

Spanish Village, Balboa Park I, acrylic on canvas, 6x6. Available. Painted plein-air, in front of Gallery 21, during my two week show in May.
This is where the Women's Museum Annual Festival of Wine, Cheese and Chocolate will take place on Friday, June 15th, 6:30 to 9:30 pm. There will be music and dancing. They will auction my painting "Wine and Tango", published in my previous blog, yesterday.

Only You...watercolor on Yupo

ONLY YOU... watercolor on Yupo, 20x26".

Available, being auctioned at the MINNIE VALERO AND MARIKO IRIE 2012 show at Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. Minimum bid is $320.-increments of $20.- please.  You need not be present to bid, and win. Send your bid by email at minnievalero@yahoo.fr , indicating your name, phone number and email, and amount of bid. Bid starts RIGHT NOW! and it will close at 6:00pm (California time) Sunday, May 20th. 

Closing Reception, Auction

PEREGRINO, oil painting on coffee bag, 30x22. Available.

 CLOSING RECEPTION at Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, on Sunday May 20th, 3:00-6:00pm. Silent Auction of some pieces of  artwork by Minnie Valero and Mariko Irie. Original and beautiful landscapes and figures. Come for the wine, stay for the art!

Gaslamp Quarter over Paris

Gaslamp Quarter over Paris, acrylic and collage San Diego, California scene over a map of Paris. 17x23". Available.  This is one of the paintings at Gallery 21, Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California show: Minnie Valero and Mariko Irie 2012.  Open every day from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Come see our show!!!

Balboa Park III, San Diego, watercolor

Balboa Park III, San Diego, California, watercolor, 6x9, available.
This is one of the small watercolors in exhibition at Gallery 21, in the Spanish Village Art Center, Balboa Park, San Diego, California. This  two women show, "Minnie Valero and Mariko Irie 2012" opened on the 9th of May and it will continue until the 21st. Come to the park, stroll along the beautiful water fountains, enjoy the museums, the gardens and flowers, see our show and buy a painting!