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Flamboyan
Artistic Amazing Amistades As some of you already know & for those who just met me, I love alliteration & Spanglish is a natural part of my everyday vernacular. As a bilingual/ bicultural Latina mixing Spanish & English starts in my mind & continues into my speech....
La Que Sabe/She Who knows Guided by the Divine Feminine
La Que Sabe:She Who Knows Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD writes in her book, "Untie the Strong Woman"chapter 1 pages: 1-3: "In a world that is often heart-stopping in horror and breath-taking in beauty...it is the Blessed Mother who is so unspeakably gracious with...
Always There
This morning I came to the realization that all these years of saying of my paintings & drawings: There She Is, when a female face appears has carried a deeper meaning. There She Is also refers to the divine feminine within. That powerful divine source is always...
Dream Listener
This mixed media piece was a joyful meditation to create. She started with a black ink drawing, then watercolrs were used to fill in shapes, adterwards I applied cut, melted pieces of plastic made from the colorful wrappers of menstrual products. When I look at her...
She Dances 2
At the beginning of the summer of 2019 I gladly accepted a commission to paint another She Dances. It's a truly wonderful experience to paint an art work that has been requested because soimeone loves an artwork you created. Dimitri and his mom Liz came to my home...
Making Beauty with Melted Plastic Menstrual Product Wrappers
After a few years of experimenting and creating art with melted plastic bags in the spring of 2018 I began making art with melted plastic from menstrual product wrappers. My first mixed media pieces portrayed ladies. I have fun naming them with titles that include...
The Second Time Around
Multi Media and Recycled Art in My Work The act of recycling materials into works of art is an act of transformation. It is alchemy to transform discarded materials into beauty by re using said materials to create art. The possibilities are endless when ones eyes...
Human Empowerment
We're all in this together There is empowerment in the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights. Like magic, there’s a miraculous transformation that starts with making the choice to change one’s...
Mixed media artist showcases her unique work at Long Island City’s Plaxall Gallery
By LAURA MARCHOFF On a quiet, hidden street right by the East river in Long Island City, New York, we find ourselves at the steps of the Plaxall Gallery – a warehouse surrounded by other large, industrial warehouses, luxury apartment buildings, a handful of...