“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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Ann on December 8th, 2009

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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Artist in Costa Rica-Jo Stuart is a writer who lives in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Jo Stuart is an American writer who lives in San Jose, Costa Rica.  Her weekly column in AM Costa Rica is  about the “good life in Costa Rica” from a woman’s perspective, and has a wide readership.
Also she has written [...]

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Ann on July 16th, 2009

“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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Ann on July 16th, 2009

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 [...]

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Pura Vida in Costa Rica

Take a bi-monthly peek into artist Jan Yatsko’s daily life in Costa Rica.
Humor, reflection and inspiration are woven into her experiences that revolve around her passion for art, nature, culture and food.

June 2009

“Creation is a huge beginning not a finished end.”       John O’Donohue
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