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Creative Background and Art Education
My creative journey as an adult started with Scrapbooking, from which I moved on to Mixed Media. I had so many pretty papers! I turned them into collage. After taking a class with Tim Holtz and Donna Downey at the Puerto Rico Scrapbooking Convention, I moved on to 3-D Mixed Media. The next natural progression for me was to study Acrylics and Watercolor. Acrylics and Mixed Media have become my passion and obsession! So this is what I have done so far...
Online Courses and Workshops
Estudio de Arte Berta Meléndez
2008-2009 Dibujo y Pintura, Prof. Berta Meléndez
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Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia​
2015-Present, Painting with Palette and Brush, Prof. Maureen Engle
2016-Present, Compostion - Beginning and Intermediate, Prof. Cherry Baird
2016 Color Theory, Prof. Cherry Bair
2016 Light My Fire- Melting and Welding, Prof. Kathy Walton
2016 Cubist Painting Workshop
2016 Watercolor Painting, Prof. Estelle Hart
2015 Watercolor, Prof. Maureen Engle
2015 HeARTfelt Portraits in Watercolor and Mixed Media, Diana Toma
2015 Bloom Yourself, Prof. Diana Toma
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Liga de Estudiantes de Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011-2010, Taller de Pintura, Prof. Luis Ivorra
2009-2010, Taller Dinámico Pintura, Prof. Betsy Padín
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2010 - present
Too many to list, but the highlights are several Puerto Rico Scrapbook Conventions (Tim Holtz, Donna Downey and Elizabeth Kartchner), online courses with Tim Holtz and Donna Downey (Tim's distressing techniques are big influence in my mix media and Donna's painterly acrylics are an inspiration to follow!), Sharon Tomlison, Christy Tomlinson, Pam Carriker, Kelly Rae Roberts, Paulette Insall, DJ Pettit and Laura Roberts (Learned how to make my shadowboxes from her!); among others.
Art Festivals, this is new for me!
2010 - present
2016: Avondale AutumnFest, Fall on Ponce, Fall Jonquil Festival, ARTucker and Maker and Micro Business Expo.
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