the year of the doe

More Souls

2011-10-12T15:41:00.001-07:00

This is the Quenda or Mother Almond. The Quenda is a marsupial that I transformed onto a special soul.

All Souls

2011-08-23T10:10:00.000-07:00

There are different kind of souls, as different kind of beings. This series is a compilation of different kind of souls and its particularities. The sparrowhawk is the first of them. The kestrel is the new soul to joint us. And more recently, the baby mule, our sweet baby.

Nomad life

2011-06-23T20:10:00.001-07:00

"Nada te turbe, nada te espante"

2011-06-06T19:00:00.001-07:00

Nada te turbe, nada te espante, todo se pasa...

Santa Teresa de Avila

Some years ago I bought a small image of Saint Teresa of Avila. One of the attributes was an owl on her shoulder. The owl was the symbol of wisdom in the Greek mythology. Or the idea of God coming from the shadows. Or the hidden knowledge.
At that time, many things were not easy for women. I read this poem. I made two owls.
I was named after her.

Live Oak Art Center 2011 Annual Juried Art Exhibition

2011-05-18T20:04:00.001-07:00

Bruyere
Intaglio and collage
2009

Humanimal. The arms
Intaglio
2011

Humanimal. The Embrace
Intaglio
2011

A great news: I won the first price of the 2011 Annual Juried Art Exhibition of the Live Oak Art Center in Columbus, Tx. Those were the selected art works. Clint Willour was in the jury and I am very honored about the selection since all participants sent great and amazing art work. The only thing is I am in Santa Fe and it was not possible to be by the opening and get together with all the people who came to the opening and share a good afternoon.

Road to New Mexico

2011-05-09T20:17:00.001-07:00

Driving for two days. Some times in the in the middle of nowhere. The wind, the thumbleweeds, tornados. Clouds. Inspiring loneliness

Events in Barcelona

2011-03-20T19:56:00.000-07:00

I'll be participating in those two new events in Barcelona:

Eternelle
From April 5 to 30 Opening April 5 at 1 pm. L'aparador d'art. Facultat de Veterinaria
Event organized by: Vicerrectorat d'estudiants i promocio cultural.
Facultat de Veterinaria, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Arts Libris
Centre d'Art Santa Monica
From April 14 to 17

I can't wait!

Humanimals

2011-03-01T18:08:00.000-08:00

Humanimal. The embrace

Humanimal. The Mother

When I was in Wyoming, I met writer Melanie Westerberg. Because of her, I contacted the people of Kelsey Street Press, a books publishers. I was suggested to make some drawings inspired in Bhanu Kapil's book Humanimal. Very few times I felt so inspired, so full of ideas. I feel this book, Bhanu's words, very closer to me.

The Hour of the Doe drawings

2010-12-18T20:30:00.000-08:00

There is an amazing story about those drawings. They were exhibited at the Galveston Art Center. I was back to Barcelona that summer and I was watching tv. There, I saw some images of the hurricane Ike trying to destroy Galveston with its fury. The art center was completely flooded and some art work stored there was missed. Someone put my drawings in a shelf and the water did not touch them.

Eternelle

2010-09-19T21:27:00.001-07:00

Eternelle
Silkscreen on plexiglass

Molecules

2010-08-26T20:39:00.000-07:00

A molecule is a tiny life. But lots of molecules create more complex structures. Here you are the first ones of the series

Deep South Print exhibition

2010-08-21T20:10:00.000-07:00

I am one of the selected artists for the Deep South Print Exhibition at the Hammond Regional Arts Center at Hammond, LA.
Hope you can make it!

Shy Rabbitt 2nd National Print Award

2010-08-03T10:45:00.000-07:00

Tiny Dancers 2008

Aurora 2008

Those are the selected art works for the 2ndShy Rabbit National Print Award.

Map of the Earth and its Fruits

2010-08-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

A new releaase of the Library of the Loba (http://thelibraryoftheloba.blogspot.com). A map of any fruit the Earth can offer to us and the way to find them.

New workshop at Flatbed Press

2010-07-12T20:01:00.000-07:00

If you were not able to make it to last week's Copperplate Etching workshop, never fear. I will be offering instruction on copperplate techniques for both beginners AND advanced printers this JULY 24-25 at Flatbed Press. Please, contact angela@flatbedpress.com to register. Also, chech out my new blog http://thelibraryoftheloba.blogspot.com, which is focused on artist's books.

News in Flatbed Press

2010-06-19T16:10:00.000-07:00

Click in this link: The Library of the Loba. There is a special place for books, words and things to be read and seen.
http://www.flatbedpress.com/News-Detail.cfm?NewsID=82

Some pages for a new book

2010-04-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

Fillette
Soft ground on Okawara paper
2010

New

2010-03-03T14:35:00.000-08:00

En Memoria d'ella
Soft ground on Gampi
2010

Nina Loba

Etching and soft ground on Okawara paper

2010

Danse
soft groung on Okawara paper
2010

"bitter as life, sweet as love and soft as death".

Happy New Year!

2010-01-02T09:44:00.000-08:00

Writing the book of the year...
A little late, but the most important is to wish you a very very happy 2010.
My best wishes,

Flatbed Press holiday sale!!!!

2009-12-13T20:37:00.000-08:00

If you are an art lover, please come by Flatbed Press!. In celebration of the 20th anniversary, they have combed our flat files and pulled out all of our prints that range from as low as $75 to a maximum of $600

The artists whose works are in the $75-$600 price range include: Bob Schneider, Kelly Fearing, Dan Rizzie, Peat Duggins, Sterling Allen, David Everett, Kenneth Hale, Rick Loudermilk, Ann Conner, Patrick Wadley, Cassandra James, Mary Vernon, Laurence Scholder, Teresa Gomez-Martorell, Jack Hanley, Alfonso Huerta, Belinda Casey, Veronica Ceci, Joe Segal, Donna Howell-Sickles, and many others.

http://www.flatbedpress.com/index.cfm

EAST studio tour!

2009-11-20T14:04:00.000-08:00

Please, come by, I'll be in Flatbed Press showing some of my art work.
Saturday the 21st form 10 am to 5 pm
Sunday the 22nd from 10 am to 5 pm
Check it out in this link
http://www.eastaustinstudiotour.com/

Reina Ursa

2009-07-06T13:45:00.000-07:00

A new body of work about kingdoms, queens, roots, and noblesse

Wisdom Etching and soft ground on Okawara paper 2009

Queen Etching and soft ground on Okawara paper 2009

Noblesse Soft ground and relief print on okawara paper, 2009

The harvest Etching and softground on Okawara paper 2009

Reina Osa Etching and soft ground on Okawara paper 2009

Reina Ursa Relief print and soft ground on Okawara paper 2009

Kingdom Etching, relief print and soft ground on Okawara paper 2009

2009-06-18T13:53:00.000-07:00

Print exhibition at MX Espai
Teresa Gomez Martorell

First animals and strange fruits

Hours of light/hores de llum

2009-03-17T09:46:00.000-07:00

I would like to introduce my new body of work: http://hoursoflighthoresdellum.blogspot.com

From drawing to plate

the year of the bear

2009-02-20T06:01:00.000-08:00

Reina Ursa Etching 2009

Regina etching on chine collee, 2009

Ursula drypoint on chine collee, 2009

the year of the doe

2009-02-03T07:45:00.000-08:00

The doe series were developed during the 2008.
the most important changes are the use of soft ground techniques to get a pencil quality in the final print and the use of Okawara paper as a surface for this image.
Hybrids are interesting subjects of my art work, since they different qualities are put together, to give human qualities to animals and give animal qualities to humans.

Herd 2007 Soft ground and polyester litho plate

Near the wild heart 2008 installation detail

Gaze 2008 soft ground on Kitakata paper. Courtesy of Flatbed Press

Doe Moss 2008 soft ground. Courtesy of Flatbed Press

Ombre gardienne 2008 soft ground. Courtesy of Flatbed Press

Belle 2008 Dry point, roller and stencil

Biche 2008 etching and roller

the year of the transition

2009-01-29T03:37:00.000-08:00

The doe series was created after I moved to Austin. First I still was inspired in the wolfish world. I moved to Sunset Valley, in South Austin. Every morning there was a herd of deer in front of my home and I decided they should become the main characters of my art work. In these series, hooves and paws get together. But deer are coming soon.

Doe 2007 Soft ground on Okawara paper

She does 2007 Soft ground and lithography on Okawara paper

Cierva 2007 Soft ground and spit bite on Okawara paper

Line of blood 2007 soft ground on Okawara paper

The year of the wolf

2009-01-28T09:35:00.001-08:00

Wolves were my first animals.

Narcissus 2007 Intaglio relief print. courtesy of Flatbed Press

Tiene la loba cinco lobitos 2007 intaglio relief print. Courtesy of Flatbed Press

Lobos 2006 etching on mulberry paper

Lobos 2006 Etching on mulberry paper

Mother wolf 2006 Relief etching

Mother wolf 2006 Etching printed on a felt

Lobabella 2007 etching, woodcut and embroidery on Kitakata paper

Bridesmaid 2008 Relief print, etching on Okawara paper and embroidery

installation-three dimension

2009-01-27T10:58:00.000-08:00

Drawings and prints come out from the paper

Aurora 2008 Installation and wall drawing

Manada 2007 oil pastel and acrylic on a window pane. Mockingbird Station, Dallas

Dogmagnolia 2006 Bronze

Protection 2006 Installation. Wax scuplture, dried flowers dipped in wax, embroidery and ropes

books

2009-01-27T03:12:00.000-08:00

Books allow me to combine image and a story. Those books were made with old press blankets. The idea is to create an art work using very poor materials and found objects. Each object speaks by itself, it has a story to tell us.

The book of Snake 2006 Hand bound book on kitakata paper. Etching, wood print and embroidery

The book of Loba hand bound book on kitakata paper. Etching, woodcut and embroidery

Luciernaga 2005 Hand bound book on kitakata paper. Stencil, embroidery, aluminium foil, digital print

Map of human heart 2006 map with a felt folder. Woodcut, etching and embroidery

First

2009-01-26T04:40:00.000-08:00

As a sort of statement.
Animals were my beloved beings since the beginning of my life. When I was a teenager I wanted to become a vet. But the Vet School was far away from home and there is no tradition of leaving home in my family. Since I was not allowed to leave home, I decided to leave my mind and I became an artist.
Life took another directions. I tried hard to do what is expected from an artist. At last I became a frustrated vet who loves to draw things: mainly animals and create stories.
Surrealism and poetry are main topics in my art work. I feel that images come to me, as messengers of something unknown but familiar at the same time. Hybrids are a way to give an entity to those unknown, strange beings, to those awkward beings who do not know how to behave in this world and they feel strange and out of place.

I told one of my professors: "Here I feel free" And he answered me ironically: "Yes, you are in the land of freedom". He did not know my story, but at some point, he knows why animals are my beloved beings.