The beautiful colonial town of Leon
Playa Gigante, Nicaragua
Artspan & Daylighted virtual art gallery exhibition on high-definition screens @ the Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco as part of the First Thursday Art Walk.
Video shoot @talavera.ballon studio of a new #painting in the making for my Patronas & Migrants series by Victoria Montero, Izote Studio.
Working on a new painting for my Patronas & Migrants series
Thanks so much for a wonderful weekend of Mission Artists United Spring Open Studios.
Honored to have been invited as the featured artist to the 18th Annual Floricanto Festival, Holy Names University, Oakland, CA organized by the Latin American Studies Department. Click on this link for more information.
Listen to an interview with film director Artur González Villaseñor & artist Talavera-Ballon on Rock en Rebelion KPFA 94.1 FM, Berkeley, CA about the award winning film Llévate mis amores and a painting series about La Patrona and migrants traveling on la bestia.
The interview was conducted in Spanish and starts @ min 00:18
Last week some paintings of my latest series were presented at CABE 2016 in the Hilton Union Square San Francisco in conjunction with award winning film "Llevate mis Amores" .
In August 2015 I had the wonderful opportunity of spending some time with Las Patronas, a group of exceptional women in a small town in Veracruz, Mexico. These women feed migrants as they travel on the roof of freight trains heading north to the US in search of a better life.
My latest series is dedicated to Las Patronas and the migrants who embark on this perilous journey. Here are some pictures of very special times I spent there. I feel blessed that I will be visiting them again in a couple of weeks.
Last year I had the wonderful opportunity to visit "Las Patronas", a group of amazing women in a small village of Veracurz, Mexico, who carry out one of the most loving acts of kindness: feed poor migrants travelling atop of a freight train in search of a better lif. I'm creating a new series to honor these wonderful women and the migrants who embark on a a very risky journey as they head north to the US to find work and better opportunities away from home.
Featured in the Symphony Parnassus January concert program.
My piece “El Violinista” (oil on canvas, 23"x27") has been selected as the image for the Symphony Parnassus January Concert in San Francisco. Click here for more information about the concert.
A 2015 year in review full of art, adventures, memories & much gratitude for my supporters & art friends. Have a wonderful 2016!
Great interview today @ Hecho en California on KIQI 1010 AM where I talked about ArtSpan Open Studios coming up this weekend in the Mission District, SF. Thank you Isabel Gutierrez and Marcos Gutierrez Productions. !!!!
Thank you so much for visiting my open studio @ Hunters Point this weekend. I met many artists and a lot of new people. Thanks for making the show a huge success! Muchas gracias por haber venido a mi estudio en Hunters Point, San Francisco este fin de semana. Tuve la oportunidad de conocer a varios artistas y a mucha gente. Estuvo genial.
Painting Live Demo @ the de Young Museum, San Francisco on Oct 9, 2015 to celebrate ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios 40th Anniversary
What a spectacular night it was! I’m so deeply honored to have joined ArtSpan in an awesome live painting event at the de Young Museum last night to celebrate SF Open Studios 40th Anniversary. Thank you SO much and Renee Baldocchi for this wonderful opportunity and thank you everyone that came out to the museum to show their support. This certainly has been one of the highlights of my life and of my career as an artist.
Art exhibit @ Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley, Sep 19, 2015
Bay Area Latino Arts Festival @ the Oracle Arena Sat. Sep 12, 2015
My piece "Old Mission" has been selected as a finalist in ArtSpan's 2015 Guide Cover Competition. It appears as a Divider Page before Weekend 4 in the 2015 SF Guide.
