New at Meyer Gallery, Park City…
“Prince with Lover’s Eye” 7×5 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“Cupid Attacked by Bees” 7×5 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“Pink Cupid with Red Mask” 7×5 inches, oil on panel SOLD
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Small works at Park City
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“Bound”
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“The Companion”
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Cadet with Red Mask
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Exhibition Announcement: “Complexity”
“Lady with Tulip and Cupid” 24×20 inches oil on linen on panel
First, I want to wish everyone a beautiful winter season and a new year full of blessings. I am kicking off the new year with a two-person show “Complexity” at Meyer Gallery in Park City with the wonderful assemblage sculptor Heather Campbell. The opening reception is on January 4, 2013, 6-8pm. “Lady with Tulip and Cupid” above is the largest piece in the show. I have just shipped out these final works… Preview the rest of the show here.
“Le Billet Doux” 14×11 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“Secret Beloved” 12×9 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“Masked Child with Tulip” 12×9 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“The Favorite” 12×9 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“Hand with Lover’s Eye in Green Jewel” 7×5 inches, oil on panel
“Hand with Lover’s Eye in Coral Heart” 7×5 inches, oil on panel SOLD
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Heroes and Captives
“Heroine” 7×5 inches, oil on panel
For my upcoming April show at Wally Workman in Austin, here are the first releases now available for pre-sale. The show is entitled “Private Revolution” and here are some tiny heroes, heroines and captives.
“Weeping Hero” 7×5 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“Bound Cupid” 7×5 inches, oil on panel SOLD
“Masked Captive” 7×5 inches, oil on panel
And a brand new child full of great expectations…
“The New Child” 7×5 inches, oil on panel
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Rebels
“Rebel Rebel” 10×8 inches, oil on linen on panel
Here are rebellious little Mozartian pages now available at Wally Workman. These will be part of my upcoming “Private Revolution” show at the gallery (April 9 thru 28). I am quite excited with this new body of work featuring petite revolutionaries. All of the oils (13 total are now available for pre-sale) but there are 5-8 more large scale works in mixed media to be released next week.
“Child with Whip” 9×7 inches, oil on linen on panel
“A Small Injury” 9×7 inches, oil on linen on panel SOLD
“Il Pirata” 9×7 inches, oil on linen on panel
“Incognito” 9×7 inches, oil on linen on panel SOLD
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Dark Thoughts
Now available at Wally Workman Gallery… included in the “Private Revolution” solo exhibition opening next week. More images to come…
“I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts” 12×9 inches, oil on linen on panel
“Masquerader” 16×12 inches, oil on linen on panel
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April 6 thru 28: “Private Revolution”
I am very pleased to announce my upcoming solo exhibit at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, Texas―“Private Revolution” opening Saturday, April 6 with a reception from 6 to 8 pm. The show through April 28th.
“Private Revolution” 30×24 inches, oil on linen
This new series of work is a celebration of the various private revolutions that my imagined personages launch: rebellions against indifferent beloveds, oppressive thoughts, and real or perceived injuries. There is a context for the ongoing themes of symbolic or literal wounds, mingled with the optimism of youth, lovers and dreamers. Stylistically I have been inspired by the works of Jacques Louis David and the neoclassical period following the French Revolution alongside formal portraiture in colonial Latin America. I am amused by the juxtaposition of traditional compositions with the ambiguous yet oddly humorous situations of injured or attacking cupids or children in military dress or exotic persons with their animal entourage.
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“Private Revolution” Mixed Media Works April 6-27
I have been working on larger scale mixed media works in acrylic and watercolor on Ampersand aquabord. They will be included in my solo exhibit at Wally Workman in Austin “Private Revolution” opening next Saturday April 6.
“The Highlanders” 48 x36 inches, acrylic and watercolor on board
“Daredevils” 48 x 36 inches, acrylic and watercolor on board
“The Conspirators” 40×30 inches, acrylic and watercolor on board
“The Loyalist” 12×12 inches, acrylic and watercolor on board
“The New King” 40×30 inches, acrylic and watercolor on board
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American Art Collector, April 2013
American Art Collector
Issue 90, April 2013
pages 122-123
The Collector Says…
“The paintings of Fatima Ronquillo caught my eye as I was perusing the website of Wally Workman Gallery several years ago. I was completely taken by what I discovered. The classic portraits executed with such a refined hand spoke to my love of early American portraits. Drawn in by the beautiful jewel tones, I was reminded of Mexican and Spanish colonial art… The intrigue of Fatima’s work is that even in its serious form there is always a sense of wonder, of magic; a slight quirk, if you will.” ―Ann Williams, Fredericksburg, Texas
“Eye miniatures” were tokens of secret love in the 18th and 19th centuries. Known today as “lover’s eyes,” the miniature paintings placed in lockets, brooches and tiny boxes were recognizable only to the lover and the beloved.
“The surreal aspect of an isolated ‘lover’s eye’ attracts me tremendously,” Fatima Ronquillo writes, “the idea of physical dismemberment which is symbolic of a removal or estrangement of a loved one. For anyone who has ever been in love or had a crush on someone, the photograph of the beloved is treasured. It reminds me of the Mexican milagros―little charms of different body parts used to aid in praying for the healing of broken arms or hearts, or even eyes.”
As an artist, she observes, “Compositionally speaking, the framed ornamental eye gives context and a reason for a floating third or fourth eye in a painting. It’s a device of conceit: a portrait within a portrait.”
In her exhibition, Private Revolution at Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, Texas, there is a painting aptly titled Incognito in which the figure wears a masquerade mask that only vaguely disguises the wearer who has a “lover’s eye” pinned to the breast of his uniform jacket.
The gallery notes, “Private Revolution is a celebration of the various private revolutions that her imagined personages launch: rebellions against indifferent beloveds, oppressive thoughts, and real or perceived injuries. There is context for the ongoing themes of symbolic or literal wounds, mingled with the optimism of youth, lovers and dreamers.”
Ronquillo was born in the Philippines and is self-taught. She began making paintings in the style of the European masters she saw in books and has absorbed elements of magical realism as well as folk art.
Her often androgynous portraits are vehicles for stories that suggest inner lives―the artist’s, the subject’s and our own. They are difficult to place in time. They are both dramatic and humorous. The tiny size of most (9 by 7 inches) makes them as intimate and mysterious as “lover’s eyes.”
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Opening night: Private Revolution
Fatima Ronquillo’s new paintings come across as Wes Anderson directing the ghost of José Gil de Castro in rendering a series of children’s portraits influenced by Edward Gorey. But you don’t have to grok our transcultural meaning to appreciate the sublime, enigmatic beauty of these oil-on-panel wonders…. ~ The Austin Chronicle, April 5, 2013
Returning to Austin for a show is like coming home, seeing old friends and revisiting favored haunts. Wally Workman’s peach and chartreuse building was as welcoming as ever. There are more photos to be seen on the gallery’s blog. Thank you to all those who attended and gave their support. For those who missed it, the show closes on the 27th, so do stop in and check it out.
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Beautiful Decay, April 2013
Fatima Ronquillo’s Contemporary Portraits Evoke Old World Charm
by Diandra Mintz
Beautiful Decay
April 10, 2013
A self-taught painter, Fatima Ronquillo layers her portraits with the traditional symbols and charms of classic-style portraiture — objects that meant different things in different times and have to be studied to be completely understood. Ronquillo’s subjects similarly face the viewer decorated with blindfolds, eye patches, fauns, flowers — and by pulling them into the contemporary, we are reminded us of the aesthetic value of these objects that we are free to attach our own significance to.
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“Hyacinth”
“Hyacinth” 7×5 inches, oil on panel @ Meyer East Gallery SOLD
New work at Meyer East Gallery. I am very busy painting for my upcoming Santa Fe solo show. I will be posting works for the show as they become available leading up to the opening on August 30th.
Also today, I will be painting on Canyon Road at the gallery. I will do a sort-of demonstration in the early afternoon (I’m bringing in a work currently in progress and attempt to make more progress on it). This is to support the Canyon Road Passport to the Arts annual event and join in on the fun. So stop by and say hello if you’re in Santa Fe.
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A Muse For Life
This is a long overdue post… and showers of apologies and congratulations are in order for Kristina and Jovita at Decor-Art Blog. They just launched their online lifestyle magazine, A Muse for Life this spring. They were wonderful enough to include a feature on my work. Do check out the blog and their magazine, as they are full of wonderful things. View the entire article PDF Decor-Art Interview…
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Goldie, Cherubina and Victor
The first works for my August 30 solo exhibition at Meyer East Gallery in Santa Fe are now available. Meet Goldie, Cherubina and Victor…
“Goldie with Lover’s Eye” 12×9 inches oil on panel @ Meyer East
“Cherubina” 8×6 inches, oil on panel @ Meyer East
“Victor” 8×6 inches, oil on panel @ Meyer East
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“Girl with Crown of Leaves”&“Cherub with Blue Ribbon”
New at Meyer Gallery, Park City…
“Girl with Crown of Leaves” 8×6 inches, oil on panel @ Meyer Gallery, Park City
“Cherub with Blue Ribbon” 7×5 inches, oil on panel @ Meyer Gallery, Park City
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Artistic Moods, June 2013
Thank you so much to Sandra of the newly launched and already great art blog artisticmoods.com. Please visit the website as I have discovered and enjoyed so many talented artists’ works. According to Sandra she created the blog to provide a “a place where art will be shared & celebrated extensively.” I am very honored that she asked to feature my work….
Artistic Moods
June 9, 2013
http://www.artisticmoods.com/fatima-ronquillo/
These are the delicate portraits of Fatima Ronquillo; a self-taught artist based in New Mexico, who paints magical personages belonging to a world that is different from that of ours. Beautifully humble and a delight to look at… Fatima’s work is oftenly combined playfulness, humor and, above all, mystery.
Alongside other symbols of romance, such as arrows and blindfolds, Fatima’s characters regularly carry what is now known as a “lover’s eye”. These tokens carried the significance of a secret love in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were placed in personal belongings such as broches and boxes, and were only recognizable for the lover and the beloved.
Like the lover’s eye, most Fatima’s portraits are originally small of size (9 by 7 inches). Her characters are undetermined, belonging to an undetermined world. A perfect scene scene to allow the viewer a doorway to imagination… ~ Artistic Moods
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Announcing Arden Gallery…
I am very pleased to announced that my works will be represented in Boston by Arden Gallery. I am very honored to be showing at such a great space and with so many highly talented artists. I am also thrilled that they are introducing my works at the Art Hamptons International Fine Art Fair July 11-14. Please visit the gallery page for details here.
Newly available are these three new works…
“Girl with Arrow” 8×6 inches, oil on panel
“Girl with Wings, Arrow and Cherries” 12×9 inches, oil on panel
“Suitor with Red Mask and Lover’s Eye” 8×6 inches, oil on panel
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Boy with Finch, Nest and Branch
“Boy with Finch, Nest and Branch” 12×9 inches, oil on panel
New and already sold at Meyer East, Santa Fe but here’s some lovely details…
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