| HOME | ARTCHIVE | SYNERGY | NEWS | HELP |
|
|
|
|||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
| ||||||||||||
Maria Elena is a prolific artist who captures on canvas the colorful splendor of Mexico's street scenes, markets and traditions. Her paintings are simultaneously realistic, impressionistic and naive, while portraying the distinct flavor of Latin America.
Completely self-taught, she has had numerous one-artist shows in Mexico, Central America and the United States. Her paintings hang in prominent private collections, museums and galleries throughout the world. Famous for her renditions of the charming windows and textured walls of Mexico's streets, Maria Elena paints in strong, happy, vibrant colors. She works primarily with oil or acrylic on canvas and watercolor on D'Arches paper.
For thirty-six years Maria Elena painted on-the-scene in Mexico. She lived in places like the beautiful provincial city of Cuernavaca and the exotic port-city of Acapulco, where she always found plenty of material from which to draw inspiration. She is one of the leading women painters of Mexico, particularly in the field of Hispanic Popular Art.
Maria Elena was born in New York City and is the only daughter of vaudevillian and musical comedy star Will Mahoney. She now lives near her family in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where she continues to paint Mexican themes.
The images you will see here are digital scans from Maria Elena's newest project, her Mexican greeting card collection. These cards are reproductions of some of Maria Elena's paintings. They depict various "Pinata" scenes, which is the traditional and popular way of celebrating Christmas in Mexico. The Pinata has now passed over into birthday celebrations too. The notecards also depict some of Maria Elena's famous street scenes and markets.
Paintings, greeting cards and limited edition prints are available for sale. A newsletter with current information about the artist and her work, and a full-color brochure is available, at no cost, upon request. Her studio's toll-free phone number is:(800) 395-6488.
Maria ElenaI would be very interested in reading your comments and suggestions. Please use the send EMAIL link on this page.
EMAIL: Click here to send this artist an email
MESSAGE BOARD: Read archived comments about this artist (4 postings)
LOCATION: NONE
LANGUAGE: None set (will use English)
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT: "Artist Custom #1" - Permission is granted for noncommercial, personal use, provided credit isgiven to the artist, Maria Elena and a link to thishomepage is included near the image. If you intend to use any of these images, you must contact Maria Elena and tell her where, whyand how you will use them. Commercial, Government and Institutional users --or any for-profit entity -- must contact the artist in writing, before using these images, tonegotiate a usage agreement. You may not produce hardcopy (printed) reproductions of these images without prior, written consent from the artist. You may not use these images for the profit of anyone other than the artist who created them, Maria Elena. You may not modify these files and images in anyway. Your use of the materials on this home page implies your agreement with the terms in this notice.
COPYRIGHT NOTE: Copyright may vary from project to project or image to image, even for one artist. Please verify the copyright in each specific instance before using ANY artwork from SITO.
Feed |
Hosting provided by