Andrea Realpe Fine Art

CONGRATS TO DESERTEAGLE!!  The answer was Campesino Cargando un Guajolote! Here is how it works I posted a small distorted part of a painting on my facebook page. Comment the title of that painting that you think it belongs to under the picture post. CLICK HERE FOR THE PICTURE If you dont have fb here is the pic and you can post your answer at the bottom:O)

  I want to dedicate this painting and video to Angel Menendez for touching our lives with his smile, that can light up the world. I also want to dedicate this to His Daughter for loving him and staying right by his side.

This painting is very meaningful to me in many ways. Sometimes we forget about how beautiful nature is because of many distractions that we have in our lives today. I painted the tree and the nest with real wood. The young girls hair also has some wood pieces. The girl is rediscovering nature and she becomes one with nature. Her hair is becoming the mountains, grass, lavender, tree, the sky, and her hands are becoming the birds nest. She is sitting on the earth and melting into it. The bird is resting on her knee to show the trust that she has in the girl by allowing her to hold her nest. She has never felt so close to nature before. She is finally One With Nature.   Light Sketch:O) I started the painting from the top .   One With Nature (2011) (16 x 20 inches: Oil On Stretched Canvas) Purchase One With Nature CLICK HERE Watch the Video for this painting   The painting will be in an exhibit at Renditions in Tallahassee from July 1 until July 17.and will be ...

"It often seems to me that the night is much more alive and richly colored than the day." ~ Vincent Van Gogh   The quote above was a quote written by Van Gogh to his brother Theo, explaining his enthrallment with the night. My fascination with the night sky and the stars is as rich as Vincent Van Gogh's love for the night.   One night many years ago, I went to get something from the porch and I saw something in the sky. At first I thought it was a plane with its flickering lights, but it did not move through the sky. Maybe it was an alien ship with many colors? No, it couldn't be. As I stared at the sky for over an hour and imagined all the things that it could be, I finally accepted that it was a star. I did not know that a star could twinkle with every color of the rainbow.  It was then that I realized the beauty of the night sky and the stars.     On a different occasion about a year ago I drove down to Miami with Mat and our dog Sofi. I st...

 On my long trip to visit my family in New York, I was given a business deal to paint a sign for a Mexican Restaurant. Since it was my first time I did not know what to expect, but I was willing to take on another challenge. I was ready to learn and make some bucks!  Below are all the questions that I had for the owner and his answers. 1. What do you want me to paint? This is a clay carving of the sun and the moon that is hung inside the restaurant. The owner wanted this painted with a black background. The main purpose for this sign is to grab the attention from customers driving by. 2. Where do you want me to paint the sign? Answer: Right below the restaurant sign on two hardwood boards, covering the white panel. 2. What size do you want the board?  Answer: two 8ft x 3 1/2 feet (I thought to myself COWs THATS HUGE!) I had to paint two different boards, one board for traffic going north and the other going south. Okay brin...

~Original Painting~   I was given the challenge to recreate a painting by Diego Rivera (Just in case you dont know who he is; Diego Rivera was a Mexican painter and Frida Kahlo's husband). It was a challenge because it was my first time reproducing someone elses work. The thought of mixing the paint to get the right shade of colors from the original seemed difficult. I only had the primary colors and basic acrylic paints to work with. As the painting progressed, i found that reproducing someone's art was no longer challenging, it was very enjoyable. Once I started mixing the colors together It came natural to me and I managed to get the colors that I wanted. Here are the progressive stages that I followed.   I started with a light pencil sketch on the canvas. After that I  added a light blue layer of paint on the entire surface. When the first layer of paint dried, I painted from the top of the canvas ...

     Looking at a famous piece of art in person is such a different experience than looking at it through a picture. This realization came to life at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa). Below are pictures my brother took of my sister and I at the MoMa. Enjoy!! Please excuse the quality of the pictures they were taken with an ipod. Always remember to check that the SIM card is in your camera before you go anywhere.:P     Wrong entrance:P Andrew Wyeth Christina's World Jackson Pollock One: Number 31 Jackson Pollock Echo: Number 25 Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe   Andy Warhol Campbell's Soup Pablo Picasso Girl Before a Mirror Pablo Picasso Les demoiselles d'Avignon and my sister making her own art with her face.:P Pablo Picasso Three Musicians Pablo Picasso Seated Bather I wish I could include all of Picasso's famous works, but I couldn't because there was a private collection. You can view it here http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/picas...