MARIA CLARO's GALLERY The Artist Oil-Pastel-Watercolor-Graphite-Charcoal-Ink-Sculpture To contact María Claro, call 919-260-1470 or email mariaclaro055@gmail.com Click on the image to enlarge, move cursor around painting to see close ups.

My Old Hope watercolor	Saturday Night watercolor
I Will Never Forget You pastel	Thinking Woman charcoal
"Attack!" oil	"And tomorrow?" pastel
"Envy" charcoal	"One Dies More Than Once" charcoal
"My Sweet Aunt Amelia" terracotta	"The Scaffold" pastel/charcoal

COMMENTS: "Beautiful. It made me stop at each work to think." Shelley Fields ''A remarkable achievement - I look for more in the future.'' Ken Gorfkle "An extraordinary show. I found painting after painting compelling and moving. Her work makes me think and feel. What enormous talent!" Andrea Shaw

To see more artwork of the artist, go to: http://www.art-exchange.com http://www.durhamartguild.org

An article about María in the News of Orange County

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Gold Medal Winner at the
International Painting Competition-NAFA 2002,
Brazil, South America


"New Friendship"
watercolor

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Painting selected at the
Art-E-Mail 2002 Exhibit, Marbella, Spain.


"Death Has Only One Arm"
charcoal/pastel
2002
40''x60"

'I meditated for a very long time on "Death Has Only One Arm." The effect was profound.'

Woody Lomas

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Mother & Daughter
charcoal

Selected at MAC21 Feria Internacional
de Arte Contemporáneo, 2001
http://www.feriadearte.com/
artemail01/Claro,Maria.htm
Marbella, Spain

Biography Maria Claro, painter and sculptress, was born in Barcelona, Spain; studied art and aesthetics in South America and in the US, and lives in North Carolina, USA. She works professionally in pastel, watercolor, egg tempera, gouache, charcoal, graphite, ink, oil and clay. Whatever medium used, she portrays the struggle between the positive and negative forces of our existence. Beauty is, for María Claro, to understand. The consequences of perception -- reality as a starting point to reach the meaning of being conscious --. María Claro is a member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, the Associated Artists of Winston-Salem and the Southeastern Pastel Society. MARIA HAS EXHIBITED AT: 2003 Solo Exhibit of Paintings and Sculptures - May, 2003 Hillsborough Orange County Historical Museum 201 N. Churton St., Hillsborough NC 27278 Women Center's Juried Exhibit "Through Women's Eyes by Women's Hands" Sheraton Hotel in Chapel Hill, February 22-27, 2003 Juried Show: "Allegory Show" in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. January to February, 2003 Tom Risser's Gallery in Waxhaw, Charlotte February, 2003 Juried Show "Dimensions Matter" Group Exhibition 2003 The Gallery 509, 509 State Street #6, Madison WI 53703 February 1st. to February 22nd. "Polarities" at Grace Li Wang Gallery, in Raleigh, with PSNC 2002 Associated Artists of Winston Salem “Values and Colors” Show. Juried show, Chapel Hill Arts Commission, at Chapel Hill Library: Paintings and Sculptures. Orange County Hillsborough Library, Paintings and Sculptures, May. McDougle School, with CH Senior Center, June-November. Sertoma Arts Center, Exhibit “True”: Paintings. March-April. Saratoga Grill, Hillsborough – ongoing… Campenella Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, March Solo at Chapel Hill Senior Center, March. Juried Show at "Art-E-Mail International Exhibit," Marbella, Spain, with charcoal painting: “Death has only one arm.” Durham Art Guild Members Exhibit. Press Interviews Raleigh Herald Sun, The Chapel Hill Herald, by Tomas Murawski, July 10, 2002 TV Local Channel 8, by Paul Joffrion, October, 2002. 2001 Solo "Internal Heavens & External Hells at Mangum Museum, Durham, NC. Solo "Pasión por Vivir" at Vineyard Cafe, Raleigh, June-August NC. Chapel Hill Museum, Silver Arts Exhibit, October, NC. Durham Arts Guild Members Exhibit. Juried Show "Art In Bloom" at Carrboro ArtsCenter, NC. Juried Show at "Art-E-Mail International Exhibit," Marbella, Spain, with charcoal painting: “Mother and Daughter” Mangum Museum, Durham, Paintings, August-October. 2000 Chapel Hill News Offices. Chapel Hill Museum, Silver Arts Exhibit, October, NC. Saratoga Grill, Hillsborough, NC. "8th International Miniature Art Show," Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC. With the Pastel Society of NC Cape Fear Studios, in Fayetteville, NC, May 2003 Orange County Hillsborough Public Library, February. 2001 Pittsboro Senior Center, February. 2001 Orange County Historical Museum, Hillsborough, April. 2001 Carol Woods, Chapel Hill, Jan.-February. 2001 Duke Hospital North, July. 2001 "Splendor Under Glass" at Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, 2001 September. Art Connection, Chapel Hill, July. 2000 Chapel Hill Senior Center, March. 2000 Carrboro Public Library, McDougle School, July – October. 2000 Carrboro Town Hall, Nov.-Dec. 2000 Orange County Courthouse, Hillsborough, Nov.-Dec. 2000 Professional Activities Durham Art Guild Member Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Member Southeastern Pastel Society Member Watercolor Society of NC Member We would like to get your comments and suggestions. Click here for the guestbook. To contact María Claro, call 919-260-1470 Links: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/c/claro/ http://www.artofjameswilliams.com http://durhamartguild.org http://www.bridalgroup.net/yellow © 2000-2011 María Claro Website design by UniqueOrn.com