watercolor with wine wednesdays

WATERCOLOR WITH WINE WEDNESDAYS, during January, February and March 2015, at THE GLASHAUS, noon to 5pm. First class FREE, afterwards $ 35 for three hours, $ 45 for 5 hs. Come paint with me in my studio! Bring your own material, I provide the wine! All levels welcome. Register at: minnievalero@yahoo.fr, or 619-240-6092.

Above: Tango Callejero, watercolor, 30x22 in. , in exhibition at THE GLASHAUS, 1815 Main Street, San Diego, California 92113. Part of the exhibit: DANCING INTO THE NEW YEAR, during the month of January 2015.

DANCING INTO THE NEW YEAR, watercolor and acrylic paintings

DANCING INTO THE NEW YEAR, watercolor and acrylic paintings of tango dancers and musicians, a solo show exhibition in the Main Hall of The Glashaus, from January 3rd to January 25th, 2015. The Glashaus: 1815 Main Street, San Diego, California.

Opening Reception on Saturday, January 10th, 2015, from 5:00-8:00pm. 
I hope to see you there!

TANGO DE LAS ESTRELLAS, acrylic on a map of Paris on canvas

TANGO DE LAS ESTRELLAS, acrylic on a map of Paris on canvas, 16x16 in, 40x40 cm.

One of the paintings in exhibition at the LATIN ART GALLERY, Jungmannova 17/3, Praha 1, Czech Republik. The exhibition starts today, you are invited to the Opening Reception today Thursday, November 6, 2014, at 18:00 hs (6:00 pm) Come for the wine, stay for the art!

Hope to see you here tonight!!Espero verlos aqui esta noche!! J'espere vous voir ici ce soir!!!!!

MELANCOLIA, acrylic

Melancolia, tango dancers series, acrylic , 30x22 in.

I believe that studying and painting from life is very important, actually essential, to being a good artist. I promote art education through teaching, lecturing, doing demonstrations, and publications through my blog and books. I truly believe that passing along information and what I've learned from my own observation and experience is my obligation to generations of artists to come.

TANGO EN PLAZA DEL ARBOL, BUENOS AIRES, watercolor

Tango en Plaza del Arbol, Buenos Aires, 4x6 watercolor
South America Cruise series # 42

Another day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, we went to San Telmo, visited the stores of antiquarians, and sat at Plaza del Arbol, where we had a drink sitting under a big tree, while enjoying the tango dancers. Very relaxing!

TANGO AT THE END OF THE WORLD, watercolor

Tango at the End of the World, watercolor, 12x9 in.
South America Cruise series # 38

Hanging out in Ushuaia, tango dancers caught our eyes, our imagination, and our cameras! It was really fun to hear tango music again, after so many years out of Argentina. This was our last day "at the end of the world". After cruising for 4 weeks going south on the Pacific, from now on we would start going north on the Atlantic. Very exciting! The daily paintings, of course, never stopped. What else did I have to do?

TANGO EN USHUAIA, watercolor

Tango en Ushuaia, Argentina, watercolor, 4x6 in.
South American Cruise watercolor series # 37

At the end of the world, people dance tango on the street, or a sidewalk, or a park, dressed sexy and elegant, for the entertainment of tourists and passers-by. A joy to watch them, and give them a well -deserved tip inside the man's hat usually laid down carefully nearby. Another wonderful moment in Ushuaia, land of many contrasts.

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!

Wine and Tango

Wine and Tango, acrylic on canvas, 20x16". Available for auction at the San Diego Women's Museum upcoming festival. More information in my next blog. Stay tuned!
Renoir said: "Black and white are  not colors." Even today, many art schools frown upon the use of black.Yet black has existed in paintings since Altamira and Lascaux, to contemporary work. Near the end of his life, Renoir admitted: "It took me forty years to discover that the queen of all colors is black." Better late than never..I say.

La Donna

La Donna, acrylic on canvas, 26x20" (65x50cm) Available: $695 US. This painting can be seen during October and November at "Petrini's Restaurant", in Little Italy, San Diego, California.
Astor Piazzola was born in Mar del Plata, grew up in New York. All his life he kept living a few years in each city, so both influenced his music very much. He loved jazz, and he wrote tangos that feel like jazz.
La Donna, acrilico sobre tela. Disponible. Esta pintura se puede ver durante Octubre y Noviembre en el restaurante "Petrini's", en Little Italy, San Diego, California. 
Astor Piazzola nacio en Mar del Plata, crecio en New York. Toda su vida vivio algunos anos en cada lugar, asi que ambas ciudades influenciaron mucho su musica. El amaba el jazz, y escribio tangos que se sienten como jazz. 

Malena

Malena, mixed technique, 30x22" (75x55cm.) Available: 800Euros = $1200 US. In exhibition at the Galeria Gerardes da Silva, Porto, Portugal, until September 30th.
Dona Watson has said: "I approach my mixed media (acrylic and collage) paintings like a Japanese garden composition, where the entire composition follows the placement of the first stone."

Malena, tecnica mixta. Disponible: 800 Euros = $ 1200 US. En exhibicion en la Galeria Gerardes da Silva, en Porto, Portugal, hasta el 30 de setiembre.

Dona Watson ha dicho: "Yo comienzo una pintura de tecnica mixta (acrilico y collage) como una composicion de un jardin japones, donde toda la composicion del jardin sigue la colocacion de la primera piedra."

Cambalache

Cambalache, mixed technique, 22x15" (55x37.5cm) Available: 500 Euros, $ 750 US. In exhibition at Galeria Gerardes da Silva, Porto, Portugal, till September 30th.
To live freely, to learn, to set one's own standards, to travel and to create something that others would cherish is how I choose to live. There are no shortcuts and there are no compromises.

Cambalache, tecnica mixta, disponible: 500 Euros, $750 US. Expuesta en la Galeria Gerardes da Silva, Porto, Portugal, hasta el 30 de setiembre.

Vivir libremente, aprender, definir mis propios estandards, viajar y crear algo que otros cuidaran con amor, es como you elijo vivir. Sin cortar camino, y sin comprometer mis ideales.

El Patio de la Morocha

El Patio de la Morocha, mixed medium, 75x55cm. Available: 545 Euros, or 815 US$. One of my Tango series paintings in exhibition at this moment at the Bibliotheque Municipale de Argeles-Gazost, France. The exhibit continues till Monday, August 22nd.
"Romanticism", in the 19th C., was born as a reaction to  "Reason above all". Romanticism explores drama and contrasts, sensation and the artist's individuality, imagination and fantasy, evasion, dreams and nature. Main characters: Delacroix, Pre-Rafaelites, Goya, Friedrich, Impressionists.

El Patio de la Morocha, tecnica mixta, disponible: 545 Euros = 815 US$.  Esta es una de mis pinturas de la serie: Tango, en este momento en exhibicion en la Bibliotheque Municipale de Argeles-Gazost, Francia. Esta exhibicion termina el lunes 22 de agosto.

"El Romanticismo", en el siglo XIX, nacio como reaccion al Raciocinio. El Romanticismo explora el drama y los contrastes, la sensacion y la individualidad del artista, la imaginacion y fantasia, evasion, suenos y la naturaleza. Los principales personajes son: Delacroix, los Pre-Rafaelistas, Goya, Friedrich, los Impresionistas.


 

A Media Luz

A Media Luz, acrylique sur Aquarius paper, 75x55cm., 30x22in. Available: 545 Euros or  815 $US. This painting is in exhibition at the Bibliotheque Municipale de Argeles-Gazost, France, at the moment, till Monday August 22.

Under the slogan: "liberty, fraternity, and equality", the French Revolution marks the beginning of the Contemporary Age. The main contributor to Neoclassic painting was Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), who started the concept of "artist committed to a cause".

A Media Luz, acrilico sobre papel Aquarius. Esta pintura esta en este momento en exhibicion en la Bibliotheque Municipale de Argeles-Gazost, Francia, hasta el lunes 22 de agosto.

Bajo el lema de "igualdad, libertad, fraternidad", la Revolucion Francesa marca el comienzo de la Edad Contemporanea. El principal contribuyente a la pintura Neoclasica fue Jacques-Louis David, quien comenzo el concepto de "artista comprometido".

Tango en La Dourade, Toulouse

Tango en La Dourade, Toulouse, watercolor, 41x31cm." La Dourade" is a park/beach/recreation area at the side of La Garonne, the river along which Toulouse was built. During the Tango Festival 2011, a few days ago, they had a platform for tango dancing under the trees, overlooking the beautiful river where people were doing water-sports. For me, born and raised in Argentina, to hear tangos in such a combination of places, in France, and to see so many French people enjoying the music and dancing the tango, it was sometimes emotional, and all the time beautiful.
Tango en La Dourade, Toulouse, acuarela. "La Dourade" es una combinacion de parque/playa/zona de recreacion sobre La Garonne, el rio que pasa por Toulouse, France. Durante el Festival de Tango 2011 hace unos dias, habia una plataforma para bailar tango bajo los arboles, con vista al hermoso rio donde la gente estaba haciendo deportes acuaticos. Para mi, nacida y criada en Argentina, escuchar tangos en semejante combinacion de ambientes, en Francia, y ver a tantos franceses disfrutar de la musica y bailar tango, fue a veces emotivo, y siempre hermosisimo.

Recordando a Piazzolla

Recordando a Piazzolla, watercolor, 36x26 cm.
I was inspired by the music of Piazzolla, and the works of Toulouse-Lautrec for the dancer Loie Fuller. He was able to capture a feeling of weightlessness and light that was the leading feature in Loie Fuller's dance act. In one of her famous routine's "The Lily of the Nile", she wore 500 sq. meters of silk. My reaction to a painter of 120 years ago and a musician of 60 years ago, could be the subject of Synaesthesia= the study of simultaneous response of two or more senses to the same stimulus. Wait a minute! This is the opposite: two sources, one reaction! What would this be called? I call it "Having fun with watercolors".

Recordando a Piazzolla, acuarela.

Estaba inspirada por la musica de Astor Piazzolla, y los trabajos de Toulouse-Lautrec para la bailarina Loie Fuller. El fue capaz de captar la sensacion de volar por el aire y luminosidad que fue el tema principal del acto de danza de Loie Fuller. En una de sus famosas rutinas, "Lily del Nilo", uso 500 metros cuadrados de seda. Mi reaccion a un pintor de hace 120 anos y un musico de hace 60 anos, podria ser sujeto de un estudio de Synaesthesia =respuesta simultanea de dos o mas sentidos a un mismo estimulo. Un momento! Esto es lo opuesto: dos fuentes, una reaccion! Como podria llamarse? Yo lo llamo: "divirtiendome con acuarelas".

Sketch-Tango Postale

Sketch-Tango Postale, small watercolor in my travel journal, while sitting with my tango paintings exhibit at Tango Postale International Festival in Toulouse, France, last weekend, July 8,9,10.  Lots of people dancing tango at Salle Mermoz, great festival. I attended a conference about Astor Piazzolla, the great bandoneon player and composer, born in Buenos Aires, raised in New York, and greatly influenced by Ravel, Stravinsky, and American Jazz. No wonder I loved his tangos so much!
Bosquejo-Tango Postale, pequena acuarela en mi cuaderno de viajes, mientras estaba sentada con mi exhibicion de pinturas en el Festival Internacional Tango Postale en Toulouse, Francia, el fin de semana pasado, 8, 9, y 10 de julio. Muchisima gente bailando el tango en la Salle Mermoz, un festival increible! Asisti a una conferencia sobre Astor Piazzolla, el gran bandoneonista y compositor, nacido en Buenos Aires y criado en New York, quien fue influenciado por Ravel, Stravinsky, y el Jazz Americano. Con razon me gustaban tanto sus tangos!

A Media Luz in Toulouse

A Media Luz, acrylic, 75x55 cm. (30x22") one of seven paintings I'll exhibit this coming weekend at the International Tango Postale Festival in Toulouse, in the South of France. There will be tango dancing demonstrations, classes,  music, and other tango-related activities all over downtown, from the 6th to 10th July. The main activities and art exhibition will be at the prestigious Salle Mermoz. On Saturday, La Orquesta Tipica Imperial, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be playing. For more information, and to listen to Tango Postale radio, go to the website: www.tangopostale.com  


A Media Luz, es una de siete pinturas que tendre en exposicion este fin de semana en el Festival Internacional Tango Postale en Toulouse, en el sur de Francia. Habra demostraciones y clases de bailar tango, asi como musica y otras actividades relacionadas con el tango en varias partes del centro, desde el 6 al 10 de julio. Las actividades principales y exposicion de arte seran en la prestigiosa Sala Mermoz. El sabado tocara la Orquesta Tipica Imperial, de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Para mas informacion, y para escuchar la radio de Tango Postale, puedes ir a la pagina web: www.tangopostale.com

Tango Farolito

Tango Farolito, acrylic sur papier aquarelle, 30x22" (75x55cm.) is one of  two paintings I'm exhibiting at the 15eme Salon Peinture-Sculpture de Saint Sever de Rustan, France. The opening /reception is this coming Saturday, June 25th, at 6:00pm. You are invited, I hope to see you there!
Tango Farolito, acrilico sobre papel de acuarela, es una de dos pinturas que exhibire en el 15eme Salon de Pintura-Escultura de Saint Sever de Rustan, Francia. La recepcion de apertura es este sabado 25 de junio a las 18:00 hs. Estais invitados, espero verlos alli!