Maribel Angel’s paintings are a poetic expression of her dreams and surroundings, created to enchant and visually stimulate the viewers’ imagination.

Endlessly intrigued with color and texture, Angel starts each painting as an exploration of these elements in a style described as "Fresco Nuevo," which simulates the qualities of an Italian fresco surface. She begins the process by working the surface with layer upon layer of acrylic paint. She then sands and scratches the surface to reveal a glimpse of the colors below, achieving a distressed work of art that feels primitive yet contemporary.

Each painting goes through numerous transformations before a theme evolves and Angel’s stylistic images begin to take form. Subject matter emerges from unexpected patterns in the paint, brought to life through her intuition and strong sense of visual composition.

Angel |Campay |Claborn | Draper |Hessam | Mabe
|Nemtoi |Penrod |Pettegrew | Stanford |Walker

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