“ART WASHES AWAY FROM THE SOUL THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE.” Pablo Picasso
The new artist group has a name ” Conjunto De Artistas” and is the brainchild of Jan Yatsko. Jan and her husband have been living in Atenas for eleven years. She is an artist (oil painting, watercolors, and sketching-including art journals.)
Jan wrote the [...]
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WILL THE REAL ROSEMARY REIN PLEASE STAND UP?
Continuing my series on artist and writers in Costa Rica I would like to highlight Rosemary Rein.
Rosemary is a resident of Costa Rica, along with her husband Barry. Rosemary read a book about Costa Rica and told Barry, “We have to move to Costa Rica, so they followed [...]
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“Amparo” by Maria Fonseca
“The wood is transformed in my hands and it absorbs my emotions, my joy.” Maria Fonseca, July 2009
Maria Fonseca began her work in wood sculpture at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Costa Rica. Today she works from her outdoor studio located on a coffee farm, near the small [...]
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This series on Women Artist is designed to give recognition to the enormous amount of talent among women who are working artist here in Costa Rica.
Maria Fonseca was born in Costa Rica on a coffee farm near the town of Naranjo. Today she still lives there with her husband and children. As a child she [...]