Upcoming Solo Show: “Recuerdos”

I am announcing my spring solo show "Recuerdos" at the Meyer East Gallery in Santa Fe. The opening reception is Friday, May 20, 2011 5 - 7 pm. Keepsakes, emblems, mementos or in spanish, recuerdos, not only identify portrait sitters but provide narrative details. I am interested in infusing ulterior meanings to a painting. A…

“Wondrous Journey” Opening Night & Installation Views

It was a beautiful clear October evening. Lots of good friends, family and art appreciators joined the celebration. In short it was quintessential Santa Fe. Thank you to all those who attended and for Meyer East for their beautiful exhibition space, not to mention all their hard work in putting the show together. Even my…

“Girl with Cupid”

This is so far the largest painting I have done in this most recent series. I love the intimacy conveyed by the smaller works, but I have been yearning to experiment with a different scale. It is the final piece to be included in my show opening this Friday 5-7 pm at Meyer East.  Join…

Santa Fean, Oct/Nov 2010

by Devon Jackson Art Previews Santa Fean October/November 2010, p 52 You either love this sort of cheeky classical style or you loathe it. Botero fans and appreciators of an appreciator of Titian and Rubens and their contemporaries, will dig it (as I do). Why? Because Ronquillo, a self-taught Filipino immigrant now living in Santa…

15 Bytes, September 2010

by Geoff Wichert Mirror, Mirror: Artists Reflect on Today's Figure 15 Bytes September 2010 Fatima Ronquillo’s quirky, instantly engaging fantasy portraits are small enough to stand on a table, and one was so displayed near the entrance of the Meyer Gallery when we called. It was fascinating to watch visitors respond to it. Ronquillo is…

“Summertime”

Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And  summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every…