Artist’s Statement

I work in several mediums: oil, acrylic, watercolor, and clay sculpture. To these, I often add variations. My work does not remain static.

Within these different mediums, there is a common denominator that defines my style. I am primarily interested in expression. I use form, color, light and shadow, to define as strongly as I can what I want the viewer to see and feel.

Whether I paint figures or landscapes, flowers or still lifes, I want to take the essence I perceive as far as I can take it. Everything speaks to me: faces, body language, the shape of a mountain; the relationship between the mountain and the plain, the sea and the shore, the objects in a still life. I strive to translate this language I hear with my painting.

My perception of things changes continually. I can paint a landscape one day, and if I paint from the same spot a week later, it will be very different, more so than any change of weather or time would justify. I want to paint what I feel at that certain moment, uncalculated. My work often surprises me; it turns out different from what I started to do in the beginning. It is representative, but represents my own reality.

I am a self-taught artist, and I have always worked alone. Although I always knew I was an artist, I was born in Spain at a time when women were not encouraged to pursue their ambitions. From what I heard of my father, and the little I can remember, I believe he might have helped me. However, he was an admiral in the Spanish Navy and was killed in the Civil War, when I was a very young child. My mother was very conservative, and I only received a convent school education. I married and came to the United States of America, had three children, and at last, when I was already in my forties, I started to work seriously in my chosen field. It has been, and it is, a wonderful experience. I feel grateful for my strong dedication to the Arts. I am alone now. I am still growing and learning and hope this will continue throughout the rest of my life. I am still on a journey of discovery!