Maria Sanchez

I saw these beautiful cardboard horses on DesignSponge today and they reminded me of my friend Sally Rodriguez (cause she love horses). I've not been motivated to paint a whole lot lately, mostly because my mind is on other things happening in my life right now. But when I see the beauty in something as simple as a stampede of cardboard horses brightly painted and happily running on a wall... I get inspired. Thankful for the simple things right now. Makes me want to go home and paint something uncomplicated, beautiful, and colorful.

Arbol Amor, Love Tree New painting 8x10 inches watercolors on canvas, that has been sealed. available in my etsy shop :)

Some new paintings that I've been working on. They will be available this Friday at the Oakland, First Friday. ... more details to come.

I was commissioned to do this special little painting of El Cipitio of El Salvador. It's my interpretation of a small postage stamp that El Salvador put out several years ago. "El Cipitio" 8x10 inches acrylics on canvas El Cipitio (From Wikipedia) El Cipitio es un cipote (niño) de 10 años con un estomago bien grande. Su nombre se toma de la palabra del nahuat “Cipit” o “Cipote” que significa niño. Algunos también relacionan su nombre con el de Xipe Totec. Según la leyenda, él es el hijo de un romance prohibido de una mujer nativa llamada Sihuehuet, conocida como Siguanaba y del hijo del dios Tlaloc. El Cipitio fue condenado por Tlaloc, a vivir para siempre como un chico de 10 años con sus pies colocados al revés, como recordatorio del amor perverso de su madre. Las historias que cuentan los campesinos, es que él viene a sus campos y que encuentr...

New painting I've been working on for the past couple weeks. It's an updated larger version of my first lotus painting. It's was a commissioned piece and is going to London! How cool is that?

Some new painting that I finished this week. Mariposas (8x10inches, canvas panel), Pareja ACEO, Angel Heart , Gypsy Catrina 4x4 inches. All are available in my etsy store . thanks for stopping by :)