Maria Ramona Sanchez
Artist: Maria Ramona Sanchez
Genre: Surrealism
Her Art:
Maria Ramona Sanchez is a self-taught artist whose medium is oil on wood, canvas and handmade paper. Painting is a deep and integral part of this artist’s life.
“It is a perceptual adventure, and my most pleasing support whenever giving or receiving anything. My paintings and their inhabitants come without effort, sometimes surprised to find themselves in them. And they arrive with a mission: that of populating the universe 
with beauty, love and a serene happiness.”
Sanchez’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Latin America, the United States and Europe, including a solo show at DAAS Co-Op Gallery in Fort Myers in 2021. She has also participated in important art fairs (Chicago, Art Miami, Art Santa Fe, Red Dot Art) and museum exhibitions (MOLA, Long Beach, Santa Fe Museum of History in New Mexico, Naples Museum of Art and National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Cuba). Many of her paintings are part of important private collections worldwide. She has also rendered big format works that are part of public and private places.
Sanchez has also illustrated books for children and youngsters (Scholastic/Lectorum in US and Everest, Spain).
Education
Maria Ramona Sanchez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1952. She graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Spanish Literature. She currently lives and works in Southwest Florida.
February 21, 2021.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.