We have known Alin ever since she was a little
girl. She is the daughter of our friends and veternarians,
Rafael and
Mina Aguilar. She was always
a precocious child, and excelled in everything she did. One of
those things was art, and as you can see from her portfolio
below, she has a lot of talent. She studied marine biology at
university, after which she took a year off and travelled to
Norway. Nadine and I convinced her that she has a future in art.
She has agreed to paint commissioned works and donate 20% of the
proceeds to the
Amigos de los
Animales.
All of the images below are "thumbnails."
To see the full size pictures, just click on them
This is one of
the first paintings Alin did for us. We had previously
purchased a similar painting by the well know Mexican
artist, Miguel Garcia Ceballos, and like it so much we
ask Alin to do another one like it.
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Here is a detail image of the ark on the left. One of the nice things about commissioning your own paintings is you can specify little details, like asking Alin to include our Gatita chihuahua dog in the ark. If you look closely, you'll find her under the neck of the antelope that is facing to the left. -->
ark so much, we had her do another one, this time with a
blue background, to match our furniture. What is really
neat about this painting is that it extends all the way
to the frame.
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Again, a detail image of the ark on the left. Here our Gatita dog is easily visible, sitting on top of the zebra. -->
One year we came
back from the USA, and Alin showed us this painting,
which she had done that summer. She calls it The Oasis,
and filled it with her most beloved species, including
chapi, snow leopard, grevy's zebra, jaguar, Rothschild
giraffe, and south asian tiger, all of which are
endangered.
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The detail on the tiger is really amazing. -->
Nadine really
loves dogs and horses, we we asked Alin to make us a
painting that matched her bedroom colors, and included
all of her favorite animals. You can see
Belle on the left, and
Venus on the right, frolicking amoung the
flowers.
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You can make out our new chihuahua, Aphrodite, in the detail shot here. -->
Alin can also do more impressionistic art. This is
a painting of a horserace. At the left of the canvas, you
can see part of a horse coming right at you, with two
other horses trailing behind.
If you've read this far, you might be interested in having Alin do a custom painting for you. The Oasis painting above is 75cm by 75cm (or about 36 inches). To give you an idea of the sizes involved. Alin charges $ 0.10 US (or a dime) per square centimeter. Thus The Oasis would cost $562.50 USD. This way you can calculate how much your painting would cost, based solely on the size of the finished work. It usually take her about a month to complete a piece. During that time, she will communicate with you via email to make sure you are happy with her work. To get started, send me (Henry) an email at nadine.and.henry@pobox.com and describe what you have in mind. We require a $200USD non-refundable deposit to get started. Once she finishes the pencil sketch, we want half of the remaining balance. The balance will be due after you receive the final artwork. The painting will be on canvas, and mailed to you rolled up in a sturdy cylindrical container. You'll have to take it to your framing shop to have it mounted onto a backing frame, and framed to your satisfaction. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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