Open until June 24, 2015, I am happy to announce that our new series FAUNA is part of Opal Moon Fauna a 3-person show curated by Chrysta Giffen at Art Thou Gallery in Berkeley. The artist reception is June 13, 7-10 pm, and I would love for you to join us!
This is a very special show for me and my dear friend, artist Ytaelena Lopez. “Opan Moon Fauna” showcases the first 12 painting of our new series FAUNA. This year, Yta and I are finally materializing projects after months and months of brainstorming and preparation with the creation of our 2-person collective /ee.l.o.s/ (phonetic pronunciation of Hilos, which means “threads” in Spanish). Ytaelena and I are both Venezuelan and share many other things, from motherhood to a profound love for art and creative expression. Our artwork, while driven by different objectives, shares visual elements like the use of lines as a way of representing and celebrating life and movement.
Our collaborative process is as follows:
- I work on the background of the piece, as a natural extension of the abstract work I have been doing for years in my series botanINK.
- Yta takes over and intervenes the piece, integrating an animal life into the abstract habitat I originally painted.
- Once Yta is done, I take the piece back, and integrate everything.
The result, FAUNA, is a celebration of the richness of our animal kingdom, real and imaginative.
This is the 3rd project we work on together:
- Last year we collaborated with Gaurav Narasimhan in “Mission Sandbox“, an installation for the Day of the Dead Exhibit in SomARTS; and
- Earlier this year we finished a large mural for Asante Solutions, in Milpitas, CA.
We are excited to see where the FAUNA series will take us, and to extend this collaboration to other media and projects.
