Murals

Murals are such an important part of San Francisco's personality and is amazing the amount of urban artists constantly creating more and more!

 

During the months of September and October I was fortunate enough to get involved in the restoration campaign for the historic Women's Building : MaestraPeace mural.

A group of women mentor a younger generation in the art of mural making and allowed us to fix and repaint their monumental art piece.

The mural was painted in 1994 by Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton and Irene Perez, and many helpers. 

Special thanx to them for sharing the knowledge!

Here are more links to the restoration process....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79541259@N07/with/8007276641/#photo_8007276641

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Womens-Building-of-San-Francisco/341327741844?ref=ts&sk=photos_stream

Other murals that I like a lot are the ones of Jet Martinez that can be found all over the city, he is originally from Mexico but lives in San Fran with his family.  

Yet onother good link!:
http://www.complex.com/art-design/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-25-best-murals-of-2012/

EXPLORE YOUR CITY!

Peace!

Amigas // Girlfriends

 

From cigar boxes, to books, doors and drawers I made some illustrations for a Women's Art Exhibit with Alexandra Bloom, Marsha Shaw and Gina M. Contreras.

I used the 'surrealist method', just started painting random shapes to start building up whatever creatures came into my mind.

 

Come visit the exhibit!

Reception for the Artists> December 11th from 3 pm to 5 pm

From Dec. 4th 2012 until February 5th 2013
At Puerto Alegre
546 Valencia St.
San Francisco Califaz
415 255 8201

Comments from the show are appreciated! 

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Ramones: Gabba Gabba Hey

Susanita's Little Gallery Presents:

Ramones: Gabba Gabba Hey

One of my pieces is part of the fifth Susanita's Little Gallery show, a tribute to the Ramones.

Susanita's Little Gallery and all the artists in the show make a collaboration with Acción Alegra, an ONG devoted specially to offer education and sanity to children in need from Togo, donating the 20% of the sales from the exhibition.

Come visit the gallery and let me know what do you think of the art?

http://www.susanitaslittlegallery.com/en-US/Gallery.aspx/Index/ramones__6

I made a Monotype with Acrylics, a psychedelic experimental look for the song You are gonna kill that girl

 

THANX FOR VISITING!

Shop Local @ Bazaar Bizarre!

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Come visit Neiko Ng and myself at Bazar Bizarre this weekend!

Lots of great artists gathered!
Share the fun & shop local for the Holidays!!!!!

Saturday December 1st & Sunday December 2nd 2012
Concourse Exhibition Center EAST HALL
620 Seventh St. (at Brannan)
San Francisco, CA 94103-4901
Saturday & Sunday 11-6PM – FREE TO ATTEND

For more information visit:

http://www.bazaarbizarre.org/sanfrancisco/shows/holidayshow/

Will be waiting for you at
booth 188!

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Partout où nous allons, l'art

Wherever we go, Art

Over the summer, my friends invited to come along on a road trip to the magnificent Grand Canyon....  Here are a few sketches and stone sculptures I did along the way.

Merci Anatl et Handigue

^_^

FRIENDSHIP

Each of us bears the imprint

Of a friend met a long the way,

In each the trace of each

- Primo Levi

Do you remember the day when we screamed so loud

and flew away together?

It was a shared dream.

    You & me, Radiohead in the background and

a Lomo Oktomat

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Tlalocan

Since ancient times, many mesoamerican and south american cultures celebrated on a specific day the memory of family members who passed away and left this world. This was mainly to keep them alive in their minds.
 
The Aztecs had a special conception of the after life, they had different layers of Upper and Lower worlds were, depending on the way a person dies, they will remain for eternity.

If a person were to die drown or struck by lightning you would go to the Tlalocan, the place of the Lord of the Rain: Tlaloc.


Calixto Robles invited a group of artists to participate on the 5th Annual Day of the Dead Exhibit at Puerto Alegre.

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Come join us for a special celebration on Tuesday October 30th from 3pm til 5pm!  

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The Legendary Clarion Alley

 In the heart of the Mission District, this alley has been for over 20 years the passageway that takes pedestrians for a trip though colorful, mesmerizing street art.

The Clarion Alley Mural Project was created in 1992 by the CAMP group and it's been a space were artists share and express their take on social issues through images and graffitti.

This past Saturday, October 20th was the big celebration of it's 20th anniversary: the Clarion Alley Block Party 2012.

Ana Aranda and myself were invited to collaborate and we did a live painting mural during the event!

Don't forget to stop by and take a picture with DIVERSIDAD, a piece inspired by nature, animals, totems and living in harmony!

THANX FOR VISITING!

For more info about the Alley check:  

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clarion-Alley-Mural-Project/127102311571

  

A woman in love is a disaster

"Better a mistress than a wife"

 Coco anvant Chanel (2009)

some drawings, forever ago....

These quick studies I did a while ago.... 

haven't kept the charcoal rolling

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Print Festival!!!!

The prints are ready for tomorrow's Printmaking Festival!

 Come join us, it will be fun!!!!!!
 

Here is the link for more information:

http://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=783

Imagination in Flight

Awaken your dreams,

read a book

The San Francisco Public Library has a contest to design the new library cards, here is my design! 

It would be lovely if you support my idea! 

http://www.improvesf.com/adults-design-the-new-san-francisco-public-library-cards/awaken-your-dreams

THANX FOR VISITING 

мадам

The madam blows another smoke out and finishes her job,

the madam is fatal.

Precita Eyes Muralists

I've been volunteering at Precita Eyes Muralist for the past couple of months.

I love working in the store, the people who work there are fun and loud, it feels like a family and they play latino music all day long...

Here are some bags I painted for them.  This is a non-profit organization so all the money the store makes go towards the creation of more murals and events for the community.

Don't forget to visit the store, they have great quality acrylics 

and lots of colors !

30 years ago.....

"Grow old with me, the best is yet to be"

- Robert Browning -

Some photographs my dad took a while ago...

Do you recognize the places?

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IMPROMPTU

IMPROMPTU 

GRAPHIC ARTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

Tomorrow Friday, August 3rd I will be participating in an art show with artist and collectives from Mexico and United States on an effort to promote social awareness. We will be at 780 Cafe on Valencia Street at 6pm.

Come join us!

For more info check out: http://transculturalmatrixproject.com/Transcultural_Matrix_Project/Inicio.html

After that we will be going to check out my friends art show at Alley Cat Books:

Should be fun!!!!

Um estranho mensageiro

The Strange Messenger

"The bird who is a messenger brings news from faraway places...."

Acrylic on paper

I did this piece for a contest for the Latinoamérica Design Symposium 2012, University of Palermo,

Argentina, I wasn't selected but I am quite happy with the outcome,

Hope you guys like it!

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Esta pieza fue realizada para el Encuentro Latinoamericano de Diseño 2012, de la Universidad de Palermo Argentina. No quedé seleccionada pero la ilustración me tiene muy satisfecha!

!Espero que les guste!
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Exhibit: Running Plants

On June 28th  Ana Aranda and myself had a fundraiser exhibit in Berkeley Marine alongside One Heart-World Wide to help Tarahumara and Tibetan communities prevent birth deaths.

Our main focus was to use recycled materials such as drawers and cigar boxes.

We did Monotypes and linocuts as well!

We thank everyone for their support and we are looking forward to have this exhibit once more with new pieces.

Thanx for visiting!!!!

http://www.paulinasuarez.com/#!children/stackercoverflowalbum3=0

Fenix

Some isometric, very colorful,  studies.

My vector art

=)

Cupcakes!

Art and sweets, what else could you ask for?

For more information visit:

http://jamesandthegiantcupcake.com

Check out Enrique's art:
http://kik-e9.blogspot.com

Special thanx to Liz Ramsey for being as sweet as a cupcake!!!