Dear Wine,

From the moment I first tasted you, I knew you were something special. Your complex flavors, your ability to pair with so many different foods, and your ability to bring people together - all of these things make you truly unique.....

Evening Wine CC,
  After a picnic diner in Cherry Creek park, we enjoyed a glass of wine. Seeing the sun setting, decided to take some pictures of the wine holder and glass. A great evening turned into a great painting. Mixed Media on MDF panel.

Great news, I was accepted to the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Program.

Immersive online ART exhibit, February 1-26 Aurora’s People Building | Open Door | Art Digest

Aurora, CO, Release:  Feburary 5, 2021.  For Immediate Release

A new exhibition titled ‘Fluidity’ by local artist Monica Marquez Gatica of MMG Art Studio, and features more than 20 oil & mixed media original paintings.

An Artist Tale of merging two styles into one, and the evolution that developed into my new style. This covers what led me to combine acrylic pouring along with detailing out with traditional oils on the same canvas to create a something new.

Explore this guide created for my advice on how to hang art. You can download the guide, explore more...

Taking high quality images of your artwork is a skill worth learning and can save you between $35-$100 per image capture. Over the last few years, I’ve spent a lot on digital captures, and finally learning how to do it myself has already paid for itself and is saving me money. This first post is an overview of my process, along with notes.  My next post I will take pictures of my setup, and detail more notes on taking pictures and light placement. Lastly, I will detail out the post processing steps using one of my paintings. Hopefully this journey will help you on yours

Contest Giveaway: Original "Alamo" oil painting to someone on my email list. Yep this is framed and matted.

Place E-mail here to enter: https://www.mmgartstudio.com/newsletter-sign-up

Today I submitted this painting "Less Traveled Route" for the CONNArtist competition at tworoadsbrewing.com

As I was doing research on Edvard Munch, I came across this post that dug deeper in The Scream. I found it useful in understanding more about the art work and how it inspired me to do my painting the way I did. 

Just submitted a few pieces of art for Absolute Vodka. Although it's for a competition, I found it to be fun to play around with different styles and techniques.

Quotes from a master

As I am working on the "Masters" series of portraits and painting Pablo Picasso, here are quotes I found interesting - "Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working." 

Exhibition Idea... 

I came across this today, and couldn't have said it better:

Welcome to The Hunger.
The Hunger to do something creative.

Just Create

Hi everyone, so I have a few different ideas of a Picasso portrait that is going to have half realistic style 1/2 the style of Picasso do you have an opinion