ARTISTS
  | | | | Nivia Gonzalez Nivia credits her family for forging the creative energies within her. Her grandmother was an art teacher in Mexico, and her father was a natural storyteller. As a young child, she and her father would select words and phrases and playfully construct short stories together. By the age of seven, Nivia was writing and illustrating poems. Nivia’s appreciation of the bold colors that characterize her work are a gift from her mother. Schooled in interior design, Nivia’s mother saw to it that the family home was filled with bold, never muted, colors that were always changing. Nivia draws much of her inspiration from her twin daughters, who feature in many of her paintings: "Years ago, when my kids were younger, I used to have them underpaint and it would leave impressions… I would then paint based on the smudges my kids had left." To view the works of Nivia Gonzalez, click here |