Andrea Realpe Fine Art

My original concept about animals evolving toward humanness and some humans devolving turned into another painting. My new painting is about our mother earth suffering from the pollution that we set upon her. We are her disease. You can see that the haziness of the pollution is taking over the entire city and it will soon take over the fresh forest. The water and sand are already affected. Click here to bid on this painting.

   Hey everyone! Its been a bit. My life has been filled with many ventures driving to Miami and NY.  Now that I am finally back home. I have a new concept for my next big project. Its about animals evolving toward humanness and some humans devolving. I came up with this concept two months ago and I finally want to put it on a canvas. I want to use a chimp as the animal that is out-evolving a human. This reminds me of the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes with James Franco and Tom Felton. I saw it in theaters a few days ago and it really inspired me to create this piece even more. Stay tuned. :O)   A scene of the movie. So cute!

  Reach For Your Dreams (2011) (22 x 28 inches: Oil On Gallery Stretched Canvas) Go After Your Dreams You're good, but you're going to be great. You're the best, but you're going to get better. Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember: those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views. Challenges come along inevitably: how you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you're going to be. Increase the chances of reaching your goals by working at them gradually. The very best you can do is all that is asked of you. Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that opportunities have a reason for knocking on your door, and the right ones are there for the taking. You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner. It's up to you to find the key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling ...

A family friend was diagnosed with brain tumors. He applied for health insurance coverage and unfortunately he was denied. My family took action and organized a fundraiser on his behalf. I also took charge and created this beautiful painting for a lucky raffle winner for the fundraiser.The event was very successful and my art was acknowledged in front of my family.   And the painting goes to Stalin(my cousin)!!:O) Here is the painting for the fundraiser. I painted Free in a couple of hours the night before the fundraiser. The model for this painting is a photograph that I found on this site http://www.horse-wallpaper.com/preview.asp?id=122 I chose this picture because it reminds me of being free with not a care in the world and the horse shows its beauty and strength. My decision to paint a horse also came from knowing the admiration that my family and their friends have for horses.

The last time I was in NY I painted a sign for a Mexican restaurant. Im back in NY and the sign is up. It feels so good knowing that I created that. I cant get over the feeling. :O) Here is the link to the creation of the signs http://www.andrearealpe.com/2011/05/my-first-business-sign.html

After being caught up in an online class, I decided to paint this lovely cherry blossom branch. It is painted with sumi ink and watercolors on 11 x 14 inches Strathmore cold press watercolor paper. I signed my name in traditional Chinese writing and stamped it. I hope you like it. The original is sold. Prints are available: http://andrea-realpe.artistwebsites.com/featured/cherry-blossom-andrea-realpe.html

    Yesterday was a full day all about art. The day started with the Miami Art Museum. When I entered the museum, the first thing that caught my eye was an installation of buckets. My first thought was, "Is there a roof leak?” There were buckets hanging from the ceiling and buckets on the floor. The hanging buckets were full of water that dripped into the buckets on the floor. The name of the installation is "Rain Rains" (2002), it is the work of the Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander. In my opinion this piece represents the inability of man to have control over nature and that is why he created an artificial rain environment. The museum is filled with immersive art installations.   I Wish Your Wish (2003) is a part of that collection and it is by the same artist mentioned above. The art display is created with over one thousand hanging ribbons. The ribbons are printed with wishes from past visitors. In order to participate, visitors must write their ow...