by Patricia Frischer
 |
Marianela
de la Hoz - explaining to her grandchildren what a
real rose is and how the petals can fall and the thorns can prick.
Not everything is an image on a device. |
Three artists come together with common attributes. All their
work is intimate but universal at the same time. The techniques used are highly
skilled and refined, honed over years of practice. This new PHES Gallery exhibition Fluid
Visions is now open in Carlsbad. It features Marianela de la Hoz, Vicki Walsh, and Juanita Perez-Adelman
and runs until March 21st.
“My painting is intended as observation without judgement
or accusation, I aim to uncover situations that must be seen.” Marianela de la Hoz
Following Marianela de la Hoz's career in the arts has been a
fascinating journey. Her process of using the yolk of an egg to mix dry
pigment, when each individual stroke of the brush is completely transparent, is
painstaking. It take two layers to begin
to see color, so it slowly builds up creating the finest possible
details. This is a medium favored by 15th-century European
painters. De la Hoz uses it to make her small highly detailed compositions. She
has a taste for surreal imagery and a sensibility that is wholly contemporary
and quite often humorous. The works chosen for this show seem to be lighter in
nature, even when they are highly political. The last two years are full of
exhibitions for her. The following two are on view or coming up and there is
another show curated by Marisol Rendón at Southwestern College later this year.
SD Art
Prize recipient in 2014, Marianela de la Hoz with
soundscapes by Grammy Award-winning producer Marc Urselli are
collaborating on Marianela de la Hoz and Marc Urselli:
Palpitations The Cadence of Heartbeats at the San Diego Museum
of Art on view until Feb 22, 2026.
Politics
of Portrayal: Three Generations of Chicana Portraiture in Los Angeles In
Conversation with San Diego Artists exhibit on view
Feb 9 – March 5, 2026 at Mesa College Gallery. Reception: Wed, Feb. 11,
4 – 7 pm. Artist Panel and Reception: Sat, Feb. 28, 4 – 7 pm.
Vicki
Walsh presents four works that explore the hidden world of
the woods. She treats this subject just as she has treated her deeply
psychological portraits of people. The one exception is the work in the back of
the gallery. While watching a murder
mystery on TV, an amputated limb was covered with a sheet and bang, Walsh was
back in her medical illustration mode from her early career. It was a short jump to a seahorse
spilled out of a glass of water. Fantasy and reality, innocence and irony,
light and dark, all inform these narratives. Walsh’s own studio has blossomed into a vibrant center
for creativity, fostering not only technical skills but a deep sense of
camaraderie and commitment to the arts within the local community. To read
more about Vicki Walsh and Sip art Space see the North County Arts Network profile.
Juanita Perez-Adelman
was
born in Bogotá Columbia but considers her home in two other places where she has homes and studios; Mexico where she has had a home since 1987 and
Carlsbad, not too far from PHES Gallery. These very colorful works not only
have layers of patterns and images, but the substrate of some of them is
very special. Amate is pre-Hispanic, handmade Mexican paper using fig,
nettle, or mulberry bark. Raw bark is washed, boiled, woven and beaten until
the fibers fuse. Perez-Adelman, in the past, made this paper for her works. She
now employs a talented craftswomen to create it for her, or works on canvas. As you explore what at first looks very abstract,
you start to notice all sorts of symbols that are repeat; doors and windows,
waterfalls, ladders, volcanos. These created visual forms, which together with the
influence of worldwide textiles textures, make a rich language.
 |
Marianela
de la Hoz - even the dangerous coyote needs help in
difficult time. We need to share our bounty and help each other. |
 |
Marianela
de la Hoz - St. Francis helps the fortune telling birds
spread their messages with the aid of angel doves. |
 |
Marianela
de la Hoz - Her oldest daughter feeling her sun was swallowed
when her younger brother was born. |
Fluid Visions
PHES Gallery
Jan 25 to March 21st. 2026
2633 State Street, Carlsbad, 92008
Gallery hours Thursday through Saturday 2-7pm and by appointment.
info@PHESGallery.com
No comments:
Post a Comment