PAVARTES

Two Worlds, 1992

Ricardo Penuela-Pava

Acrylic on canvas

15 x 15 inches

Private collection

 

E-mail: pavartes@yahoo.com                   

 

Phone: 202- 498 - 6605

 

  

Ricardo was born in Bogota, Colombia in 1959. He holds a BSc degree from Universidad de los Andes, where he got involved in art studies, which started his formal interest on this field. He eventually moved to Europe to be trained as a scientist and at the same time registered in several visual art courses offered in Oviedo, Rome and Brighton. Ricardo’s own artworks are committed to the portrayal of today’s individual struggles and collective socio-political concerns, expressed in a neo-symbolist language. He has participated in several art workshops held at the Museum of the Americas, Organization of American States (OAS), in Washington, DC and recently in Montevideo, Uruguay. His paintings have been exhibited in Bogota, Colombia; Oviedo, Spain and in the USA (Washington DC; Alexandria and Petersburgh, Virginia). New interests also grab his attention in order to promote visual arts through education and private/public events, and to learn about conservation of fine arts, including antique wood fireplaces and frame restoration. Since 2007 Ricardo joined the Adams Morgan Stained Glass Studio, assisting Master craftsman Daniel Wolkoff in historical restoration, specializing in DC’s turn of the century architecture and original glass art designs. More recently he has been volunteering at the Smithsonian Institution, helping in the development of the Latino Center's programs with a personal emphasis on their visual arts’ special projects.

 

NEW 2009

 

C 020  On Troubled waters..., 2009                                                                      Oil on card board                                                                                              12 12 x 36 inches 

 

 

ART WORKS 2006 - 2008: MIGRATIONS... EMPTY ROOMS

 

                             

C012 a  Meninas' Room            C012 c  My Sister is Gone                        Mix Media on paper, 2008         Mix Media on paper, 2008                            7 x 9 inches                              7 x 9 inches  SOLD

 

 

  

C016  Van Gogh's Room                                                                          Oil on canvas, 2008. 24 x 12 inches

 

 

 

    C015   Opening..., 2008                                                                                      

  C013  Circus I, 2008. Donation KLC

    

Visualize me..., 2007                                  C012  a,b,c Empty Rooms..., 2008

Oil on canvas, 10 X 10 inches

Private collection

C011 abc... 2006

Border Effect 1                           Roses Path... - SOLD                     Border Effect 2

Oils on canvas, 10 X 10 inches each ($US 600 /triptych, $US 200/each)

 

C016  Van Gogh's Room.                                                                                                                 Oil on canvas, 2008.                                                                                                                           24 x 12 inches SOLD

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