Isabel was born and raised in Mexico City, her father is Mexican, and her mother is French so she traveled to France and through Mexico from an early age and therefore grew up in a mixture of cultures and languages. Together with her family she visited museums, churches, galleries, castles and ancient ruins most Sundays throughout her childhood. From this Isabel developed her love for ancient civilizations from around the world.
In 2006 when visiting Mexico with her husband Isabel found herself looking at the pre-Hispanic civilizations in a new way. She felt the need to bring back and share some of the beauty, and believes of those now gone. Her husband Edward gave her the idea to do it through painting. With his encouragement and teaching Isabel took a brush for the first time in her life in 2006 and began to paint. She chose oil paint and wood panels which allows her to work both on a table top or an easel and the adventure took off.
In the series “Sunset of a Civilization” her paintings aspire to bring back the myths, legends, and everyday life, but they also portraits the sadness of the loss of great civilizations. Some of the paintings come with the story, legend or myth that they represent.
Isabel has always enjoyed the sun; even more when she moved to Oregon as the sun is not seen as often as in Mexico. Now she has the sun through her “Sunrises and Sunsets” series even in rainy days, she likes to share the wonderful feelings that comes as she stands in awe of a Sunrise or Sunset, and the hope the Sun brings for a new day and a better tomorrow.
In the series “Places of Sanctuary”, beautiful haciendas, churches, patios and more are portrait so you can travel into the painting and fine sanctuary from everyday life. “Imagination and the World”, “La petit Collection” are arising as Isabel keeps growing on this new found passion of sharing with the world through her paintings.
“Bodegones” Spanish word meaning: Still life; shows a more post Colombian style, with the combination of the old and the new worlds using pottery, foods, toys, from both cultures.
Isabel is part of the Board of Members at Emerald Art Center in Springfield; she was Director of the Grace Johansson Gift Shop for two years. Her art has been chosen in two occasions to be part of the art slide show for the Amici ensemble at the wildish theater in Springfield, OR.
She also participates in the summer months with the plain air group of Eugene, OR; she is continually looking for new venues both in town and out of town so please visit her “events” page to find out where the next adventure is.
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