Artist Name: A.Margarita Peraza-Rugeley
Title of Artwork: Walking with Butterfly
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artist Bio:
I was born in the Yucatán peninsula, but I have lived in the USA for the last 28 years. While I hold a PhD in Spanish colonial literature, I always found the time to paint and take art classes. My paintings are bold, bright, and lively. Since retiring from university teaching duties, I now devote my time to painting and other arts in my home studio.
I am a self-taught, post-national, and post-ethnic painter who has been working with acrylics since my teens. I’m a hard-working person who enjoys jokes, food, and music. Painting makes me happy, so my art is bright and bold, at times
whimsical, and at other moments contemplative. As our world becomes more abrasive, I try to present cheerful scenes that help neutralize our overly violent society. I believe that the human mind would be healed by just being in front of joyful shapes or paintings, I want to evoke those feelings in my paintings. This does not mean that my work denies reality: rather, it infuses reality with positive perceptions and hopeful attitudes.
Artist Statement:
My main influences are Henri Rousseau, Marc Chagall, and Remedios Varo, all three of whom play with time, space, and reality itself. I am also fascinated by contemporary Chinese artists (like Jackie Tsai) and their daring and flamboyant
aesthetics.
Artist Contact Info:
cofradia3@ymail.com
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