My Biggest Fan

Last month I lost my biggest fan.........my mother. She lived 92 years and her life was not without problems. For one, she was not able to walk for the last few years. Still, she loved life, loved us and the beauty around her.

It was so exciting to show her my new creations. She would always respond, "Que belleza" or "Precioso". She may have found them beautiful, but would say that there was nothing better than my clouds and seascapes.  She would get so excited whenever I made a sale. She valued money and would follow her excitement on the sale by asking if I received a good price for it, which always made me laugh. I have not painted anything new since she passed, but I have made sales. It is extremely sad not to share the good news with my biggest fan. 

I was happy she went to all of my art exhibitions and projects, until illness kept her home. She was curious about the Wynnwood Art District. It was difficult to take her in the wheelchair, but she had a tour from the car. She wanted to see the colorful umbrella display  in Coral Gables. She was also able to enjoy that. She enjoyed seeing the beauty at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens and seeing the butterflies.  Her love of life and beauty kept her interested and ready for everything. Like her, I will continue to enjoy the beauty around me and remember her with each of my creations.

No one will ever love me like she did. 

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/herald/obituary.aspx?n=rosa-gladys-martinez&pid=196326321

Meditation in White

It's 2020!

A new year.....a new decade...... and an exhibition at a new gallery.

The National League of American Pen Women (Coral Gables branch) is a group of very talented women. We have artists that work in oil, acrylic, watercolor and clay. In addition, we have authors and musicians. 

This is our first exhibition of the year and new to:

Hernan Gamboa Gallery.

4000 West Flagler Street,

Miami, Fla. 33134

7-9 pm

We look forward to having you join us for our closing reception on January 24, 2020. There will be refreshments, great music, and, of course great art.

"Serenity" - Acrylic

"Come Fly with Me" - Acrylic

"Here's Looking at You" - watercolor

Irma's Fury" - watercolor/acrylic

Reciprocal Consciousness Exhibit

Reciprocal Consciousness is a South Florida Pen Women Art Basel Collective Exhibition. The National League of American Pen Women Coral Gables Chapter, along with members of Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton Chapters, will participate in Reciprocal Consciousness. A group show that will bring the best art created in South Florida to ArtServe in time to celebrate Art Basel week.

We will be exhibiting works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography and more. In addition, we will have music and refreshments .

Invitation with date, time and location plus my pieces in the show below.

"Let's Sail" - watercolor

"Funky Feathers" - watercolor

Umbrella Sky Project

I had heard about a beautiful umbrella installation that took place in Portugal and thought how great it would be to see that. I did not have an idea at the time that the installation would end up in my city. 

The Umbrella Sky Project has been in many cities, such as Paris, Lisbon, and even Pensacola, Florida. It was then that the City of Coral Gables thought, why not here? This week we decided to check them out. They are on Giralda Street which is a closed, pedestrian street with restaurants and shops making it easy to stand in the middle of the street and look up.......which is exactly what we did.

Someone described the colors of the umbrellas a a bag of Skittles candy. It is definitely eye candy. If seeing this installation, having lunch on Giralda under the umbrellas was not enough, our local TV station decided to interview me.

The installation will be up for 60 days, I recommend getting a color boost to your day.
To view the story/interview on TV, click HERE
“I paint so it’s so inspiring. I couldn’t wait to be under these colorful umbrellas!” said Rosie Brown from Miami.

Deering Estates Exhibition

It is always exciting to participate on an exhibit taking place at the Deering Estates here in Miami. It is a a beautiful setting on the bay that represents a bit of Miami history. This year's exhibit is bittersweet. It is the last exhibition there by the GroveHouse Artists. 

There will be an opening reception on Wednesday, September 13th, 7-9 pm. The piece below will be part of this exhibit. It is a watercolor batik on rice paper. Hope you can make it to see it in person.

"Tropical Greens" - watercolor batik on rice paper