REFERENCES: A new section has been added to this site!

Look up at the menu above, next to the ‘Home’ tab you will now see a new one: REFERENCES. This new page on this site will lead you to a repository of reference materials, of all kinds, pertaining to the work of Dulce Beatriz.

The bulk of the material we will initially post in this new section of our virtual gallery has been made available by the artist herself or by her husband Leonardo Beatriz. You, as a visitor to our gallery , may also contribute materials suitable to qualify as references citing the work of our featured artist Dulce Beatriz. Please contact us via email or post  to let us know what type of materials you would like to share, so that we may arrange to review it in order to determine its suitability for the purposes of this site.

Apples, pears, melons, cherries and more by Dulce Beatriz!

I am pleased to report the addition, to my virtual gallery, of three wonderful works by our featured impressionist master of the Spanish School: Dulce Beatriz! These three paintings ‘ABUNDANCIA” [ABUNDANCE], “ALCACHOFA Y MANZANAS” [ARTICHOKE AND APPLES], and “MELON Y CEREZAS” [MELON AND CHERRIES] will be offered at auction through ARTPRICE , France from July 1 through July 13, 2013. You may view these wonderful paintings and others, part of fourteen lots being offered at auction, by visiting the following url: http://web.artprice.com/store/DULCEBEATRIZ

In the mean time you can admire these three still-life paintings by just visiting this virtual gallery, from the comfort of your home at  any time you choose. Not only that, but here you will be able to get up close and personal with these magnificent paintings to admire details in a way that would otherwise only be possible if you actually had these works of art hanging in your living room.

Following are images of these three new additions to this Gallery. ENJOY!

ABUNDANCIA by Dulce Beatriz, oil on canvas, 36"x48". Circa 1999

ABUNDANCIA by Dulce Beatriz, oil on canvas, 36″x48″. Circa 1999

 

Detail. Notice the realistic depiction of the pewter coffee pot, and the reflections on the metal surface; a rather difficult effect to achieve, but a trademark of impressionist master of the Spanish School Dulce Beatriz.

Detail. Notice the realistic depiction of the pewter coffee pot, and the reflections on the metal surface; a rather difficult effect to achieve, but a trademark of impressionist master of the Spanish School Dulce Beatriz.

 

Detail. The masterful dominance of the artist Dulce Beatriz with the brush and palette is evident here, in the depiction of the surfaces of the various fruit, the blue glass, and the reflection of light off the surfaces.

Detail. The masterful dominance of the artist  with the brush and palette is evident here, in the depiction of the surfaces of the various fruit, the blue glass, and the reflection of light off the surfaces.

 

 

ALCACHOFA Y MANZANAS  (ARTICHOKE AND APPLES) by Dulce Beatriz. Oil on canvas. 36"x48" Circa 2001.

ALCACHOFA Y MANZANAS (ARTICHOKE AND APPLES) by Dulce Beatriz. Oil on canvas. 36″x48″ Circa 2001.

Detail. Notice the texture of the skins of the fruit and the reflection of light. Also the clover (Trifolium) on the bottom left.

Detail. Notice the texture of the skins of the fruit and the reflection of light. Also the clover (Trifolium) on the bottom left.

 

 

 

 

Detail. Here you see the artichoke and the pomegranates in exquisite, realistic detail. Notice the play of light and shadow.

Detail. Here you see the artichoke and the pomegranates in exquisite, realistic detail. Notice the play of light and shadow.

MELON Y CEREZAS by Dulce Beatriz. Oil on canvas. 36"x48" circa 2001.

MELON Y CEREZAS by Dulce Beatriz. Oil on canvas. 36″x48″ circa 2001.

Detail. Apples, cherries and grapes. Notice how the light reflecting off each fruit, especially the grapes is treated individually and with full attention to the source and angle of incoming light, and the colors of surrouinding elements.

Detail. Apples, cherries and grapes. Notice how the light reflecting off each fruit, especially the grapes is treated individually and with full attention to the source and angle of incoming light, and the colors of surrounding elements.

Detail. Pears and cherries.  Notice how the intensity of reflected light changes between those fruits in front and those in the back. Notice the folds of the tablecloth.

Detail. Pears and cherries. Notice how the intensity of reflected light changes between those fruits in front and those in the back. Notice the folds of the tablecloth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gallery 9 is now open: Maritime works by Dulce Beatriz

I have exciting news! We have added to our collection of works by featured artist Dulce Beatriz and are inaugurating a brand new exhibition of sixteen maritime-themed works by the artist.

Fort Myers 2Fort Myers 3Fort Myers 12

This new additions to the collection can now be seen and admired in Gallery 9: MARITIME, a newly opened exhibition space in our virtual gallery. It gives me great pleasure to invite you, and all our visitors, to take some time now and visit Gallery 9 and to visit often so that you can admire these wonderful works by Dulce Beatriz.

All of these works were done in-situ in Fort Myers, on the Gulf coast of Florida, and in the Miami River mainly in the 1960s, which gives them a unique historical character given the fact that some of the depicted sites have been radically  changed, or altered, over the years.

Miami River 2Miami River 3Old Port of Miami - Miami River, Florida 1960s

 

 

 

 

Those of you who are familiar with this area in the south-central west coast of Florida, around Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Estero, Sanibel and Captiva islands, you will recognize the luminous sunlight, and the wonderful interplay of light and shadow that invigorates this region while admiring these works by Dulce Beatriz done in a variety of media.

Again, welcome to my virtual gallery. Please visit and visit often. You may also want to consider subscribing as a visitor of this site, which  you can do with just a couple of clicks and by entering an email address that will be used to notify you of new postings and news from this virtual gallery. Give it a try, look for the ‘Subscribe’ in the menu on the left hand margin of our Home page, click on it and just follow the instructions.

Enjoy your visit. We welcome your comments about the experience.

Welcoming three new paintings to the Gallery!

Continuing toward our goal of enriching your viewing experience during visits to the Gallery we have added three paintings from our featured artists, post-impressionist master of the Spanish School XX, Dulce Beatriz. First we have a still life, JARRA DE LECHE(The Milk Jug) where the artist’s mastery of detail, the use of light and palette to create a wonderful visually appealing composition. Worthy of notice in this painting is the depiction of the milk jug itself, an extremely well executed example of the famed double-fired glazed earthenware developed in the island of Majorca under the Moorish reign in the late 14th century, which eventually expanded to Spain and Italy, culminating if the wonderful works created in Urbino and Venice, known as Majolica. If you look closely you can actually see not only the traditional blue outlines that characterize these pieces, but the glazing itself.

This work of art, shown below with some details, is now on display in our Gallery 3: Still Life where you can view it in all its details. Keep in mind that by double-clicking on the image you can actually zoom in to examine every detail of this painting.

JARRA DE LECHE (The Milk Jug) by Dulce Beatriz

JARRA DE LECHE (The Milk Jug) by Dulce Beatriz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JARRA DE LECHE - Detail

JARRA DE LECHE – Detail 1

JARRA DE LECHE - Detail 2

JARRA DE LECHE – Detail 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second addition we are now welcoming to our gallery is a typical woman, painted from a live model as is usual in the work of Dulce Beatriz, titled REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN (Back from the Garden), in which you see a young woman still flush from having been out in the sun with windswept hair holding a colorful array of flowers and a long-stemmed single wheat ear, upon which she gazes as if imagining the wonderful arrangement she will display on her table by the window. Beyond the elongated lines that reveal the influence of Spanish masters, such as Velazquez, the treatment of the eyes of this young woman constitute one of the trademarks of Dulce Beatrizinfusing her subject with true windows of the soul in the tradition of the Flemish masters, such as VanDyck.

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN by Dulce Beatrizmay be viewed in full and in detail in Gallery 2: Women and Children  where it is now on permanent display. Below you see the full painting and some details:

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN by Dulce Beatriz

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN by Dulce Beatriz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN - Detail 1

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN – Detail 1

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN - Detail 2

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN – Detail 2

 

 

 

 

 

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN - Detail 3

REGRESANDO DEL JARDIN – Detail 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rounding up these additions to our collection we have an excellent landscape, PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE  (Forest Landscape) full of the rich brown hues, reddish earths, and the play of light and shadow that bring the viewer into the forest under the canopy, with tremendous force. Dulce Beatrizmasterful treatment of this work is evident in the details of splashes of reflected light on the trunks and branches of the trees, which clearly signal the approaching dusk as the Sun, unseen in the painting, is setting in the distant horizon to the left of the scene, while the water of the pond surrounded by the forest as it is only reflects the pale light of a hazy sky.

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE is now on permanent display in our collection in Gallery 4: Landscapes and Cityscapes where you can admire it at any time. Below is an image of the painting as well as details of the same:

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE by Dulce Beatriz

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE by Dulce Beatriz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE - Detail 1

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE – Detail 1

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE - Detail 2

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE – Detail 2

 

 

 

 

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE - Detail 3

PAISAJE DE UN BOSQUE – Detail 3

 

 

 

12 December 2012: Six paintings by Dulce Beatriz now at auction with ArtPrice!

Six paintings by our featured artist Dulce Beatriz are now offered at auction through the world leader in art market information ARTPRICE ! You can view these lots online by visiting http://www.artprice.com where you can select ADS/AUCTIONS from the top menu, then clicking on ‘Art’ from the drop menu and then entering the name ‘Dulce Beatriz’ in the box where you are asked to ‘Enter key word’ , followed by ‘OK’.

Take your time looking at each of the paintings, and the details provided with each lot up for auction. You may also submit your bid at any time up to the posted hammer time on 26 December 2012.

The lot number for this auction and an image of each of the paintings are shown below:

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930066:‘COPA DE VINO” by Dulce Beatriz

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930066

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930091:  “PARTITURA” by Dulce Beatriz

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930091

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930102: “ROSAS AMARILLAS” by Dulce Beatriz

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930102

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 93105: “PAÑO ROJO” by Dulce Beatriz

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930105

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930109:  “MUSICO CALLEJERO” BY Dulce Beatriz

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930109

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930154: “EL TROVADOR” by Dulce Beatriz

ARTPRICE AUCTION LOT No. 930154

You can also learn more about each of these masterful works of art by Dulce Beatriz by visiting GALLERY on this site, and then going to Gallery 3: STILL LIFE to view the first four lots, and then proceeding on to Gallery 1: Old Men to view the last two lots. When doing this keep in mind that by clicking on the images themselves you can actually zoom in and view them in the same detail as if you were standing in front of the physical work of art itself.

Participating in this auction and placing bids through ARTPRICE is a simple and secure process, which you can do online at any time during the auction period from the comfort of your home or office, from a laptop, smartphone or digital tablet. Payments for winning bids flow through an especial escrow account at a reputable established financial institution, which will only release the funds when shipment has been confirmed so that both sides of the transaction are fully protected at all times.

Regarding the experience of participating on an online art auction, a recent report by one of the world’s leaders in the field of art auctions, Christie’s Inc., close to 30% of all bids at recent major art auctions at major internationally established auction houses have been placed online, and that percentage appears to be on a growing trend.

With the value of fine art having increased by close to 40% since 2010 on a worldwide basis, acquiring paintings such as those shown here will not only bring the pleasure of viewing and admiring an excellent work of art by a recognized master artist, but it also is a smart investment much more especially so in these times of market uncertainty.

Enjoy your online auction experience, and keep coming back to this site to view our future additions to this unique collection of works by Dulce Beatriz and other artists.

Additions to our Gallery: Two Paintings by Dulce Beatriz

by Ricardo A. Alvarez

In pursuit of our main objective of offering you as representative a sample as possible of the work of our featured artist, master painter Dulce Beatriz , we have recently added two paintings to the collection, which are now on exhibit in the Gallery for your enjoyment.

These new additions to our exhibits are titled MUJER DE PERFIL (Woman in Profile), which may be viewed in GALLERY 2: Women and Children, and PAÑO ROJO (Red Cloth), now on exhibit in GALLERY 3: Still Life.

You can preview these works of fine art in the images that follow, but please keep in mind that by visiting the specific galleries where these painting are  now exhibited you will be able to view them in much more detail as you click on each image to zoom in.

MUJER DE PERFIL (Woman in Profile) by Dulce Beatriz – Oil on canvas 26″ x 36″ (66.04 cm x 91.44 cm)

MUJER DE PERFIL is a medium-sized 26″x36″ (66.04 cm  x 91.44 cm) painting embodying several of the strong elements that characterize the Spanish School, such as a bright and bold palette, the use of light and contrast between light and dark to highlight specific features in the painting such as the face of a subject or the folds of vestments, and in this specific case also the elongated, elegant flowing forms of the subject, painted from a live model, that are typical of the masterful brush of the artist Dulce Beatriz and reminiscent of the works by a master of the Spanish renaissance, El Greco (1541-1614). This painting is now available for purchase through the world leader in the art market ArtPrice (please visit www.artprice.com and search for Dulce Beatriz)

PAÑO ROJO (Red Cloth) by Dulce Beatriz – Oil on canvas 40″ x 50″ (101.60 cm x 127.00 cm)

PAÑO ROJO is a large format 40″ x 50″ (101.60 cm  x 127.00 cm) oil on canvas still life where the artist Dulce Beatriz exhibits her excellent technique in a compositions that takes us beyond the surface where the various components are displayed, to the back wall and beyond to the trees and distant landscape visible through the open window, as well as in the depiction of the fruits and flowers and other components of the display. In fact this painting is so full of bright colors and contrasts, and possesses so much energy that it takes the still life genre to a totally new level.

Enjoy these wonderful additions to our virtual gallery as you visit us, and please keep coming back so that you may also enjoy everything we have on display and new additions in the future.  When visiting please take a moment to register as a subscriber to our virtual gallery, it takes less than a minute and it is absolutely free, so that you will be the first to be notified of new exhibits and other offerings here. To subscribe look on the left hand of the page and look for ‘SUBSCRIBE TO BLOG VIA EMAIL’ and just follow the instructions, all you will need to do is enter your email address and then click on ‘Subscribe’. You will then receive an email from us indicating how to confirm your registration, and that is all.

Also while visiting and admiring these two new additions to the Gallery, and other works of fine art exhibited here, please be so kind as to leave us your comments relative to any specific work of art or to your overall gallery visit experience, as this will be of great help in continuing to add to the collection for your enjoyment.

The Eyes of Dulce Beatriz

Marble bust of Cicero in the Capitoline Museums, Rome

by Ricardo A. Alvarez

More than 2000 years ago Cicero (106 – 43 BC) the Roman philosopher, lawyer, political scientists, consul, and one of the most brilliant orators that ever lived said “The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions”.

This phrase from such a great mind is representative of the importance humankind has always attached to expressions of the face, and in particular to the eyes, as reflecting the character, the intentions, in fact the very soul of a person. It has been because of such importance that artists have strived to portray the human eye with as much detail and expression as possible, whether in stone, marble or bronze or through paintings, and other media.

In this long quest for depicting life-like human eyes many have tried, but only a few have succeeded. In my opinion, I would count both the Flemish master Anthony VanDyck (1599-1641) and his contemporary, the Spanish master Diego Velazquez (1599-1660), as two of those who truly succeeded in depicting the human eyes as “…the windows of the soul” as says the old English proverb. Both of these great artists painted rather expressive faces – countenances – with equally expressive eyes. The masterful artistry of VanDyck and Velazquez is illustrated by the examples below:

Self-portrait by Anthony VanDyck

 

Detail of the eyes, from self-portrait by Anthony VanDyck

 

 

 

 

 

Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest (National Gallery of London) by Flemish master Anthony VanDyck

 

Detail of the eyes, from the portrait of Cornelis van der Geest by Anthony VanDyck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-portrait as a young man by Diego Velazquez

Detail of the eyes from self-portrait as a young man by Diego Velazquez

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than 3-1/2 centuries after Velazquez and VanDyck we again find and artist painting eyes that evoke the words of that master of the sonnet, Spanish great Gustavo Adolfo Becquer (1836-1870) that once wrote “The soul that can speak through the eyes can also kiss with a gaze”, or the equally descriptive words of Englishman Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): “Her eyes are houses of silent prayer” . This artist who paints such eyes that let us peer into the very souls of the subjects in her painting, is our own featured master Dulce Beatriz.

To illustrate what I have said about the masterful manner in which Dulce Beatriz depicts the eyes of the old men and women, always painted from live subjects, who are among her favorite subjects, please take a look at the examples that follow:

Detail: The Eyes, from “Mujer de Rojo by Dulce Beatriz

 

 

 

 

 

Detail – The Eyes, from painting “El Pastor” by Dulce Beatriz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detail – The Eyes, from painting “Muchacha con Aretes” by Dulce Beatriz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detail – The Eyes, from painting “El Anticuario” by Dulce Beatriz

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is all in the eyes, the Eyes of Dulce Beatriz. For more “eyes” please visit GALLERY in this site, and then select :Gallery 1: Old Men or Gallery 2: Women and Children.

 

 

 

DULCE BEATRIZ: Now in Auction at ArtPrice!

by Ricardo A. Alvarez

I am very pleased to share the news that a painting by our featured artist Dulce Beatriz is now being offered in auction through the world leader in the Art Market ArtPrice until 30 November 2012. Below is the image of the specific painting, titled EL TROVADOR,  being so offered:

Oil on canvas by Dulce Beatriz – 30″ x 42″

I invite you to examine this painting closely: notice the eyes which are truly lifelike, the quality is so fine that we would have to go back to the Flemish master Anthony VanDyck to find an artist capable of the same excellence in the depiction of the human eyes. Then notice the expression on the face of the old man, how he holds the mandolin with his left hand while his right hand is ready to pick the strings of the mandolin.  take a look at the musical instrument and you will recognize an old-fashioned Neapolitan style mandolin by its almond-shaped front and the bombee back. Notice the scroll and pegs at the top, the fine lacquer finish and the beautiful reflections of light on the mother-of-pearl inlaid decorations.

From the title of the painting “EL TROVADOR” we know this old man is a “troubadour”, meaning a poet and composer who went around declaiming or improvising his poetry to the accompaniment of music usually played on a mandolin, guitar or a lute. Now look at the expression on the face of the old man, and you can almost hear the sentiment with which he declaims his verses.

This work is an excellent representative sample of the artwork created by Dulce Beatriz in the best tradition of the Spanish School. To see more of the work by this masterful artist please go to GALLERY on the menu at the top of the page.