About Fernando Santos

I’m an Ecuadorian artist based in the NJ/NY area. My paintings revolve in an environment composed of landscape, nature and culture. The landscape exists harmonically in an atmosphere of luminous peace. The nature is figurative and balanced with the wind and the water. The technique that allows me to transmit the beauty of this imagery is watercolor. Watercolor is in some way the poetry of art. Perfect, accurate, full of significance, suggestive and light. The color shines before being adhered to the paper or cloth fibers and dried with its own natural light.

Education:

2009 The Arts Students League – New York, NY
2007 National Academy School of Fine Arts – New York, NY
2002 Hudson River Valley Art Workshop – Greenville, NY
1990 Central University of Ecuador (School of Architecture) -Quito, Ecuador

Awards:

2011 The Hudson Artist of NJ INC. – Oil & Acrylics
2009 The Art Association of Rutherford/ 2nd Place,
46 Annual Outdoor Art Show – Clifton Association of Artists/ 1st Place
Watercolor & Mixed Media “Welcome to Our Garden” Clifton Arts Center/ 3rd Place
2007 Bacchieles Scholarship Fund- National Academy School of Fine Arts- NY.