Emil Melmoth

Emil Melmoth, sculpting the Fragile Threshold Between Flesh, Faith, and Mortality. His hyperrealistic figurative sculptures initially resem...

August 27, 2016

Red Moon, White Moon, by Iris Perez


Luna Roja, Luna Blanca (Red Moon, White Moon),
mixed media, clay and glaze on canvas, 41” x 55”

About the Artist

Iris Perez was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She studied Art at the National school of Fine Arts and at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD). She also participated in various courses and workshops throughout the country.

: www.facebook.com/IRIS-PEREZ

August 24, 2016

El Baca, by Ada Balcacer


El Baca,
oil on canvas

About the Artist

Ada Balcácer was born in Santo Domingo, on June 16, 1930, in the town of San Carlos de Tenerife. Some initial drawing skills became a permanent source of creativity with the guidance of Manolo Pascual in drawing, Josep Gausachs y Gilberto Hernández Ortega in painting, and the brush gestures of Celeste Woss y Gil, at the National School of Fine Arts Santo Domingo, from which she graduated in 1951.

: Biography of Ada Balcácer by Myrna Guerrero

August 22, 2016

Solo Stepdance, by Felix Berroa


Solo Stepdance,
acrylic on canvas, 36" x 60"

About the Artist

Felix Berroa, born 1952, in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. He is agraduate of the National School of Fine Arts in Santo Domingo, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, and the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

August 19, 2016

Unsuspected Muse, by Benjamin Cruz


Unsuspected Muse,
mixed media on canvas, 40" x 60"

About the Artist

Benjamin Cruz was born in Santo Domingo. He is a graduate of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.

: facebook.com/benjamincruzart

August 18, 2016

Curious, by Felix Esteban


Curious,
oil on canvas, 20" x 24"

About the Artist

Felix Esteban was born in 1989. He is from Río San Juan, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic.

August 17, 2016

Colmadero, by Wander Matos


Colmadero (The store clerk),
mixed media on canvas, 40" x 40"

About the Artist

Wander Matos born in the city of Barahona, Dominican Republic. At age 20, he joined the Art School at Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo and received a scholarship to attend the Altos de Chavón School of Art and Design, where he graduated with honors.

Landscape, by Candido Bido


Landscape,
oil on canvas 24" x 30"

About the Artist

Candido Bido, born May 20, 1936, Bonao, Dominican Republic. Died March 7, 2011, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

August 15, 2016

A Faun watching his beloved, by Ramon Oviedo


Fauno contemplando a su amada (A Faun watching his beloved),
acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

About the Artist

Ramon Oviedo, born 1924, in Barahona, Dominican Republic. He died in 2015.

: facebook.com/oviedoramon

August 13, 2016

Below the Flamboyan, by Pilar Asmar


Below the Flamboyan

About the Artist

Pilar Alejandra Asmar is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

August 10, 2016

Artist Spotlight: Mariojose Angeles


Pierna de Jamon Serrano (Jamon Serrano leg),
acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

August 3, 2016

Artist Spotlight: Angel Jimenez


Esclavos Contemporáneos (Contemporary Slaves),
oil and acrylic on canvas, 48" x 48"

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The Mermaid and the Butterfly, by Niurka Guzman


La Sirena y la Mariposa (The Mermaid and the Butterfly)
mixed media on canvas

About the Artist

Niurka Guzman, born 1981, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In 2006, she moved to Mexico City, where she received a Master in Paint from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

: facebook.com/niurkaguzmanotanez