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Bus Shelter Mural Program Gallery
Glass Tile Mosaic
© 1997 Mauricio Robalino, all rights reserved
Medium: Glass tile mosaic
Located at James St. and Fifth Ave. in Seattle
Artist’s Statement
When I make a drawing and it pleases me, I make a painting. When the painting pleases me I make a collage. When the collage pleases me I build a sculpture. When the sculpture please me I make two drawings.
My art is a celebration of my life, nature, and hope. My artistic thinking and practice is stimulated and nurtured by dedication, discipline, love of nature, the arts of all times and cultures, and the joy of discovery inherent to the creative process.
At the core of my art is drawing. I use bold, flowing, and spontaneous lines to give birth to fantastic beings who inhabit a world of whimsy, mystery, and vibrant color. My paintings, murals, mosaics, tapestries, mixed-media collages, and sculptures are the natural extensions of this primary language of my spirit and imagination.
I am a professional artist/painter and visual arts teacher with a Master of fine Arts degree in drawing and painting from the University of California, Santa Barbara. I exhibit my art in the United States and Ecuador, my birth place. My work is found in numerous public and private collections around the world. When not busy creating in my studio I can be found teaching art to people of all ages. I feel fortunate to love helping people discover and develop their visual arts expression. Sharing my knowledge and experiences inspires and teaches me a great deal about myself, art, the creative process/ experience, and human behavior. I am grateful for these blessings, and see myself as a creative artist and art teacher who makes original and useful contributions to society.
Artist Mauricio Robalino
Born in Quito, Equador in 1953, Mauricio received a degree in Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1983. After receiving a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California in 1988, he moved to the Puget Sound area. Mauricio has taught art programs at several of the area's art centers as both a Washington Arts Community Artist-In-Residence and a King County Artist-In-Residence. Currently, Mauricio works on public art projects with school children from various King County schools to paint murals. His work is in numberous private and public collections in many parts of the world. His artwork combines traditional and non-traditional colors and images, influenced by native Equadorian artists, into his own unique collages of pageantry.
Funding
This commission was funded by the King County Metro Bus Zone Safety and Access Project in 1998. The artist was selected from the Artist-Made Building Parts Project registry.
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