New Works by Luis Valui at Galleria Dante
 Claire Guarniere - PVNN
| | Thirty new paintings by Luis Valui are currently on display at Galleria Dante, Basilio Badillo 269 on the South Side of Puerto Vallarta. | | |
Thirty new paintings by Luis Valui, a painter who infuses his Latin American roots with the traditions of tropical jazz and cafe culture, are currently on display at Galleria Dante, Basilio Badillo 269 on the South Side of Puerto Vallarta.
Luis Valui is a painter who infuses his Latin American roots with the traditions of tropical jazz and cafe culture. Collected by the J. Paul Getty Institute and Capitol Records, Valui creates rhythmic images, bringing his subjects to life.
His works are also in the collection of Atlas and Mambo Restaurants, Go West Productions, Televisa, Ripstein Collection, Univision. At his opening night in Los Angeles recently, many Hollywood jet setters were among the collectors.
Luis studied for two years at the Fine Arts University in Guadalajara. At the age of 20 he moved to Mexico City where he studied at the "Esmeralda" school. He restored Colonial and Pre-Hispanic art for 4 years at the request of the Mexican government. He then established himself in the Bohemian community of Tepoztlan, Morelos, a small village south of Mexico City. There he began his formal career as a painter.
In 1986, he had his first individual exhibition at the prestigious OMR Gallery in Mexico City. Since then he has exhibited in collective and individual shows in the Modern Art Museums in Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico. He has lived in different parts of Mexico and abroad. He has done shows from California to New York, Mexico City to Paris, Islas Mujeres to Vallarta and back again. He now resides in the Chapala Lake area in Jalisco.
Luis paints in oil as well as water color. When you attend his shows, you will hear the friendly bantering of his collectors: "Well I own 7 of his paintings". Another will say "But I own 11". Very few people stop at purchasing only one painting by Luis. The paintings make you smile and leave you with a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.
Luis is a painter of our senses, what you feel looking at his paintings: to dance, to sing, to dream, to love. And when it comes to dance, there is probably not a style that Luis has not painted: mambo, tango, salsa, cha-cha-cha, waltz.
There are scenes on the beach, by the campfire, in plazas, street and market scenes. His paintings are fresh, luminous and definitely tropical. They are full of humor and saturated with color and light.
Thank you Luis for bringing us such joy. Visit Galleria Dante's website to view the new works. |
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