Artist Bio
Raquel Paladino began her journey with finger paints at Christmas time; the buttery feel of the paints, bright colors, let's say it was a sensual experience when she had no concept of what that was. As a teenager her first art champion was her father when he gave her a small box of oil pastels. From then on Raquel experimented with pencils, charcoal, watercolors on any kind of paper or art surface. That is when "being an artist" first became a conscious thought. That is when she entered the active phase of reading about and looking at art; and all artists were Picasso and Van Gogh and big museums and there were no places for a young woman in that narrative. Flash forward...love, marriage, children and paying the bills and art
Raquel Paladino began her journey with finger paints at Christmas time; the buttery feel of the paints, bright colors, let's say it was a sensual experience when she had no concept of what that was. As a teenager her first art champion was her father when he gave her a small box of oil pastels. From then on Raquel experimented with pencils, charcoal, watercolors on any kind of paper or art surface. That is when "being an artist" first became a conscious thought. That is when she entered the active phase of reading about and looking at art; and all artists were Picasso and Van Gogh and big museums and there were no places for a young woman in that narrative. Flash forward...love, marriage, children and paying the bills and art