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Alfredo Guati Rojo

8/29/2015 2:23:49 PM

Acuarela   Arte antiguo ... Arte nuevo   Forma ancestral de unir el color de la tierra o de las flores con el sagrado liquido que ayer era rio o nube. Arco iris prisionero que la mano del hombre ha de liberar. - Alfredo Guati Rojo     Alfredo Guati Rojo Cárdenas (1998-2003), a Mexican artist, played a major role in founding the National Museum of Watercolor (Museo Nacional de la Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo) in Mexico City, which is named after him.  When the medium of watercolor was not regarded as comparable to other techniques, Guati Rojo worked hard to promote the reputation of watercolor as a true form of [...]

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The Truth in Us Artists

8/13/2015 3:44:56 PM

  "I paint my own reality.  The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration." - Frida Kahlo     Have you ever found yourself deep in thought, wondering why in the world you paint?  There are millions of other things to choose from but yet we painters choose to pick up a brush and paint.  Each artist may have his own answer to this question but I think the single truth in the core of it is this: because we need to.  As an international watercolor workshop instructor, [...]

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