Welcome / Bienvenidos

I'm Alejandra. I love painting and that is why I decided to create this website to make my art public and accessible to everyone. I graduated from CSU Monterey Bay earning a B.A. in the Integrated Studies Special Program. My focus was Visual Arts and History of the Americas. I have also applied to the Counselor Education program at San Jose State, and hopefully I'll get in.

The main objective of this web space is to display my art works, (paintings) and some of the pieces that are still in progress. I'm also a mother of a beautiful 3 year old daughter who has become my greatest inspiration and my model as well.

I am very interested in Chicana Art, and that is why I chose that to be my webstie title, because I am Chicana and I'm also an artist that wants to create beautiful art for a social/environmental purpose of educating, raising awareness and creating change, not just to decorate. I am also very proud of my Purepecha heritage. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you like it.

Enjoy!

email me at: lafrida.@. yahoo.com

Catholic Ceremonies in the lives of Latinas, 2004 (capstone project)

Exhibited at the CSU Monterey Bay Library on 7/02/04

Wednesday, July 14, 2004

New Paintings! Nuevas Pinturas...

Este paisaje lo hice muy rapido, queria practicar esa tecnica que usan los pintores comerciales que pintan paisajes rapidos para vender. Pienso en un futuro hacer algo asi para vender tambien.

Here is another quick painting I made following the steps of a new book I bought on how to paint portraits. I really like the thick brush strokes and colors in it. I really like this new tecnique as well.

Finally, here is another images of the Arias' painting in progress. I am now going back and making the painting look finished, but of course, it has a lot of detail and that will take me long. The last time I worked it, I worked in the background zigzag wall, the pots, part of the horno. I will try to have it done soon, becuase I have an offer on painting a mural 12' x 24' at La Paz Park in Salinas. I am very excited and have the idea in mind already.

# posted by Alejandra @ 10:56 PM