About Me
Born in Guatemala City as a third generation artist. By the age of 8, Ana received her first artistic award and by the age of 13 she had received many awards and was recognized by the Guatemalan Ministry of Art and Culture as a prodigious child in the branch of drawing and painting.
Ana has always had much love and appreciation for flowers and has mainly devoted her past fourteen years to painting sunflowers which she believes have rich and vibrant colors capable of lifting up anyone's spirit.
Ana studied Graphic Design at Landivar University, in Guatemala city, and also completed her art studies in Montreal and New York.
ART AWARDS
April 2009, The People's Choice Award at Cornwall's Regional Art Gallery for her painting called "Woman".
Jan 2011,The People's Choice Award and 4th place at Cornwall Regional Art Gallery for her painting "Pansies"
In Spring of 2010, Ana and her mother had an exclusive exhibit of their paintings at Cornwall's Regional Art Gallery .
Her latest exhibit was organized by the Guatemalan Embassy in Canada. Ottawa , September 2011.
Artist Statement
My work is realistic oil painting on canvas. I aim for a balance of true nature, and movement, concepts integrated with a good oil painting technique. They are a reflection of my own values for truth, beauty, and love that God's gives us each day.
Every painting is a challenge, a passion that I approach with a disciplined intention to make every painting better than the one before, indifferent to what is in style in the art world at the moment.
I am moved by an interior voice that reflects positive, transparent, passionate and happy feelings which I express through my brave compositions in a combination of my admiration for flowers, my passion for painting and a deep study of the subject.
My purpose as an artist is to brighten the lives of people and their spaces with interesting artwork.