Beautiful Decay, April 2013
A self-taught painter, Fatima Ronquillo layers her portraits with the traditional symbols and charms of classic-style portraiture — objects that meant different things in different times and have to be studied to be completely understood. Ronquillo’s subjects similarly face the viewer decorated with blindfolds, eye patches, fauns, flowers — and by pulling them into the contemporary, we are reminded us of the aesthetic value of these objects that we are free to attach our own significance to.
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American Art Collector, April 2013
The Collector Says... "The paintings of Fatima Ronquillo caught my eye as I was perusing the website of Wally Workman Gallery several years ago. I was completely taken by what I discovered. The classic portraits executed with such a refined hand spoke to my love of early American portraits. Drawn in by the beautiful jewel tones, I was reminded of Mexican and Spanish colonial art... The intrigue of Fatima's work is that even in its serious form there is always a sense of wonder, of magic; a slight quirk, if you will." ―Ann Williams, Fredericksburg, Texas
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Journal Santa Fe, September 2012
It is no coincidence that Fatima Ronquillo's paintings remind the viewer of Old Masters from the classical European style of painting...
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