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JOB: Oil painter
GENDER: Female
% OF INCOME FROM ART?: 25% or less
$ YOU SPEND ON ART SUPPLIES EACH YEAR: $5,000-9,999
MEMBER SINCE: 01/27/2008
LAST LOGIN: 02/23/2008 16:33:42
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I like classical music, and "canto nuevo"

Books on political and social issues of latinamerica

The mission with Robert de Niro
Life is Beautiful (Italian)
Il Postino (Italian)
The motorcicle diaries


03/18/2008 13:02:09





I was born in Mexico City, Mexico during the 60’s. I studied Art at Wright State University. My life is full of experiences that have allowed me to develop as an artist. Being born in Mexico has embedded great fondness for what most people would label as morbid images. Mexican art is a mixture of pre-Hispanic images blended with the graphic, and sometimes terrifying, images of a bleeding and battered Jesus. The horrendous realities of constant war and political instability that the country experienced from 1810 to the 1930’s were the inspiration of many great artists. Some wanted to use their artistic abilities to attest to the brutal every day life in Mexico. Others used their art to express their political opinions. When I paint or create sculptures I see a fusion of influences from my native country. Jose Maria Velasco and his landscapes, Posada and his morbid sense of humor, Diego Rivera and his desire to show us the harsh reality of the life of the Mexican peasants oppressed by the bourgeoisie, and Frida Kahlo, who painted from the heart in order for us to sense her physical and psychological torture.

Art Supplies, books and Home depot.

bills

My whole life is lived as a hobby. I enjoy every breath I take.


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From: lizamyers
02/03/2008 21:31:41

Re: the mission: I should watch it again. I think it was too raw for me in those days, having just spent 4 years there. The true history made me so sad. Your work has a serenity and spirit to it that draws me in.

Espero que sigues añadiendo mas obras.

saludos, liza 



02/03/2008 19:42:27
thanx for the visit . I love your gallery !!


From: maribel
02/03/2008 15:44:12
BIen! cuando lo tengas listo me encantaría verlo!!  Yo por lo pronto tengo un poco abandonados mis retratos, espero pronto retomarlos.


From: ricmon
02/03/2008 08:06:33
Love your work; especially {El Panteon de Posada and Mexican Town}


02/02/2008 19:50:45
nice work love the detail in it 


From: lizamyers
02/02/2008 18:23:42

Gabriela,

Love the contemporary potrayal of Maya portraits, but the Mission??? It made me so very sad. I lived in Paraguay for 4 years. My family lived there for 16. The jesuit missions are such a sad and brutal story. Motorcycle diaries was fabulous. What an amazing man Che was. My work is about global connectedness in my on way. The still lives of nests that I do are combinations of the nests artesania from fabulous cultures the birds might see on their way south.

Saludos!

liza 



From: maribel
01/31/2008 17:49:22
Hola Gabriela! Vi tu comentario en el retrato de acuarela y dejame decirte que es, en cuano a retratos, mi favorito. La idea surgió ya que tengo familia que vive en Guatemala y en una fotografía estaba la madre con la niñita y yo lo adapté con mi hija atrás y la trenza rubia como la mía y la verdad es que me encantó. Gracias por el comentario. Me da gusto comunicarme en mi idioma! En que estás trabajando ahora?


From: maribel
01/30/2008 19:03:57
Claro! Tu tambien hablas español? Cuanto tiempo viviste en MIchoacán?


From: maribel
01/30/2008 18:12:23
Its me again!!! I forgot to ask you if you know that those beautiful skeleton ladies you paint are called CATRINAS? They are the actual representation of death. Were born in the need of making fun of the death! They can be represented as cheerful and well dressed or just boney like more serious kind! Did you knew this? I love catrinas!


01/29/2008 20:14:05

Thank you for the kind comments on my work.


Do you speak or write Spanish? Maria Evangelina





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