What the Critics Say

"Maria Elena, the people, places charm and color of Mexico, captured by an artist in love with the country. Her paintings sell by themselves."

Dorothy Prats
Columnist and art critic Diario de Morelos
Director of the 3 Hermes Galleries

"Maria Elena, this is an artist of supreme quality, great depth, and above all, tremendous love for her art which is reflected in every one of her artistic creations. She has developed her skill to its razor edge as she recreates, in her own unique and always pleasing way what she sees and feels as she lives and partakes of life."

Daniel B. Van Gelder
Director, Galeria de Arte Van Gelder

One Mexican critic said of her work, "She shows us how we are when we are happy. She sees with her eyes, honestly."

Exhibitions

• GALERIA CUCHITRIL, MEXICO DF
• ART COLLECTORS GALLERY, MEXICO DF
• MISRACHI GALLERY, MEXICO DF
• INJM COLECTIVA DE LOS PINTORES MEXICANOS, MEXICO DF
• GALERIA TRINI, CUERNAVACA, MORELOS
• FUNDADORA DEL SALON DE ARTES PLASTICAS DE MORELOS, CUERNAVACA
• GALERIA VICTOR, ACAPULCO, GRO
• GALERIA TASENDE, ACAPULCO. GRO
• GALERIA UNO, PUERTO VALLARTA, JALISCO, MEXICO
• GALERIA Sl COMO NO, MAZATLAN, SINALOA, MEXICO
• ROBERT ROWELL GALLERY, ENTERPRISE. OREGON
• FERIA DE ARTE, RESIDENCIA DEL EMBAJADOR DE LOS EE. UU., MEXICO DF
• LA TORTOLITA GALLERY, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• THE RENTSCHLER GALLERY. TUCSON, ARIZONA
• GALERIA VICTOR, LA GALERIA, HOUSTON, TEXAS
• THE FOCAL POINT, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
• TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART, "FINE ART FOR FINE CAUSES", TUCSON. ARIZONA
• GALERIA EL MERCADO, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• THE ART COMPANY, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• MOUNTAIN OYSTER CLUB, TUCSON. ARIZONA
• ART 81/WASHINGTON D.C.
• ANNUAL FRIENDS OF ACAPULCO BENEFIT ART SHOW FOR 20 YEARS
• UNA NOCHE PLATEADA, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• CYPANGO GALERIA, ACAPULCO, MEXICO
• ARIZONA SANCTUARY BENEFIT SHOW, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• DESIGNER INVITATIONAL, TUCSON, AZ
• FATHER WASSON CHRISTMAS CARDS SINCE 1986
• ROSEQUIST GALLERY, TUCSON, ARIZONA SINCE 1986
• "ACAPULCO PAINT-ALONG WITH MARIA ELENA", ACAPULCO. MEXICO
• BODEGON DESIGN CENTER, TUCSON. ARIZONA
• FERIA DEL ARTE, MEXICO DF
• "STAIRWAY TO THE STARS BENEFIT", ACAPULCO, MEXICO
• TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART, "FINE ART FOR FINE CAUSES", TUCSON, ARIZONA
• HOUSHANG'S GALLERY, SCOTTSDALE, AZ
• SUNBIRD GALLERY, LOS ALTOS, CA
• LA CASITA, COTTAGE GROVE, OR

One-Woman Shows

• GALERIA PALOMITA BLANCA, CUERNAVACA,MORELOS
• GALERIA DE ARTE VAN GELDER, CUERNAVACA, MORELOS
• GALERIA CALMECAC, CUERNAVACA, MORELOS
• OLD TOWN ARTISANS FINE ART GALLERY, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• LIBERTON GALLERY, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• THE BLUE SKY GALLERY, BEND, OREGON
• GALERIA GRUPO HERMES, CUERNAVACA. MORELOS
• INSTITUTO CULTURAL COSTARICENSE, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
• GALERIA HERMES, EL PATIO, ACAPULCO
• GALERIA HERMES, LAS BRISAS, ACAPULCO
• EL CONQUISTADOR. TUCSON. ARIZONA
• GYROL GALLERY, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• AUANZA FRANCESA, SAN ANGEL. MEXICO DF.
• MUSEO DE ARTE, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
• DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR BASE, TUCSON, ARIZONA
• EXCELARIS HYATT REGENCY. ACAPULCO, MEXICO
• CREATIVE ARTS CENTER. CUERNAVACA MEXICO
• ACAPULCO PLAZA, ACAPULCO, MEXICO
• SALA IXCATEOPAN DEL I.G.C., ACAPULCO, MEXICO
• GALERIA LAS BRISAS, ACAPULCO, MEXICO

Museum Exhibitions

• MUSEO DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO, MEXICO DF
• MUSEO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD, CHILPANCINGO, GRO, MEXICO
• MUSEO DE LOS PINTORES DE MEXICO, SONORA, MEXICO
• MUSEO DE LA DELEGACION SAN ANGEL, MEXICO DF
• MUSEO DEL CENTROL JEDICO, MEXICO DF
• MUSEO DE ARTE. SAN SALVADOR. EL SALVADOR
• MUSEO DE ARTE, PANAMA CITY, PANAMA
• MUSEUM OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, OREGON
• MUSEUM OF ART, TUCSON, ARIZONA

Collectors

• Presidente Adolfo Ruiz-Cortines 1952 - 58
• Presidente Adolfo Lopez Mateos 1958 - 64
• Presidente Gustavo Diaz Ordaz 1964 - 70
• Presidente Luiz Echevarria Alvarez 1970 - 76
• Presidente Miguel Aleman 1946-52
• Don Emilio Azcarraga, Mexico City, Mexico
• Patrick Dennis, Mexico City, Mexico
• Ed Sullivan, New York City, NY
• Hugh Lynn Cayce, Virginia Beach, VA
• Lic Alicia Echeverria, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Lila Bath, Acapulco, Gro, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Sadlier Dinger, Rye, NY
• Annette Potts, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Philip Kahan, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Estelle Jovin, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Jack Rust Crosby, Austin, TX
• Marie Dowling, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Uriel Guerrero, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Vicente Hines, Mexico City, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Milton J. Hart, Mexico City, Mexico
• Helen Hayes MacArthur, Nyack, NY
• Jane Jolliffe, Southampton, NY
• Gaby Lapointe, New York City, NY
• Robert Morrison, New York City, NY
• Bert Kopperl, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Robert Krause, Las Mañanitas, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MX
• Hector Lara Orozco, Cuernavavca, Morelos, Mexico
• Juan Ramirez Garcia, Cuernavaca, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Timothy Mahoney, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs William Maggipinto, Southampton, NY
• Ing. Emil K. Michner, Mexico City, NY
• Mr & Mrs J. Oakey McKnight, Roslyn, NY
• Cdr & Mrs Robert Montgomery, Naples, FL
• Ruth Montgomery, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Sra & Sr Marcelo Meshulam, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Dora Marin, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• David G. MacFarland, Michigan
• Mary & Morrough O'Brien, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Carmen Considine, Los Angeles, CA
• Lloyd Pantages, Los Angeles, CA
• Lyn Rubin, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
• Mauricio Urdaneta, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
• Dr & Sra Gutierre Tibon, Cuernavaca, Mor, Mexico
• Antonio Vasquez Parra, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
• Daniel van Gelder, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs van Gelder, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Ted Wick, Taxco, Gro., Mexico
• Peggy Cliff-Jones, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
• Ing & Sra Ignacio de Landa, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
• Barbara Hutton, Cuernava, Mor., Mexico
• Sr y Sra Ramon Prats, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Mr & Mrs John Hogan, Mexico City, Mexico
• Emma Circuit, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
• Kay Gabriel, Mexico City, Mexico
• Ruth Hartman, San Antonio, TX
• Karin Marsh, Cuernavaca, Mor.,Mexico
• Don Carlos Sanchez Mireles, Mexico City, Mexico
• American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
• Sr & Sra Miguel Pineda, Paris, France
• Dr. Marsh Morrison, New York City, NY
• Debra & Robert Feldman, Salt Lake City, UT
• Helen Blenman, Tucson, AZ
• Gilbert Ronstadt, Tucson, AZ
• Michelle Keating, Tucson, AZ
• Jose A Aiza, Mexico City, Mexico
• Constance & Robert Brown, Cottage Grove, OR
• Sr & Sra Constant Fua, Cuernavaca, Morelos, MX
• Patricia Furrer, Cottage Grove, OR
• Mr& Mrs Les Corey, Cottage Grove, OR
• Jean & Connie Freeman, Phoenix, AZ
• Bruce Lindsay, Tucson, AZ
• Jan Lavendar, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
• Martha & David Gartland, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
• Gertrude Holbrook, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Mary Jean Herman, San Antonio, TX
• Angela Hake, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Ing. & Sra Raul Ramos Cerda, Cuernavaca, Mor., MX
• Socram, Mexico City, Mexico
• David Stry, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Gloria Swanson, Beverly Hills, CA
• Mr & Mrs Eugene Schwartz, New York, NY
• Don Rose, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
• Alta Mae Stone, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Mario Velasquez, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Guillermo Bermudez, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• E.G. McGrath, Acapulco, Gro.,Mexico
• Victor Salmones, Acapulco, Gro.,Mexico
• Nina Quiroz, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Don Enrique Candiani, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Dean Geddes, Blaine, WA.
• Donna Pace Winkler, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Rita & Mike Oliver, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Dr. y Sra R.J.Vela, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Sr y Sra Ranier Mohaupt, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Sr y Sra Eddie Dutko, Acapulco, Mexico
• Dr. & Mrs Ira A. Abrahamson, Cincinnati, OH
• Elizabeth W. Schwartz, Spicer, MN
• Dyan de Cristoforo, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
• Sonja & Hank Henline, Mesa, AZ
• Mr & Mrs Victor H. Lampe, Covington, KY
• Rip Slacum, Pharr, TX
• Raymond H. Lampe, Cincinnati, OH
• Sra Lotte Roth, Acapulco, Gro., MX
• Mr & Mrs Gerald Vezina, Quebec, Canada
• Miles Butler, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Sr & Sra Raoul Bisson, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Dr. Martin S. Beuhler, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Vera Vit, Mexico City, Mexico
• Padre Angel Martinez, Acapulco, Gro., MX
• Dino Alfaro, Tucson, AZ
• Mr & Mrs G. Olshevski, Tucson, AZ
• Mr & Mrs Thomas L. Bidwell, St. Mary's, OH
• Vie Radach, Phoenix, AZ
• Mr & Mrs Roe Mallstrom, Park Ridge, IL
• Dee Louchious, Evanston, IL
• Estelle G. Mueller, Santa Monica, CA
• Michael Hayes, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Jan Van Ness, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Hermano Elio Lasalle, Acapulco, Gro., MX
• Frank B. Hall Jr, Naples, FL
• Cherry Kaneff, New York, NY
• Annette Nancarrow, New York, NY
• Billie & Rudy Jenkins, 20th Century Fox, CA
• Virginia Martucci, Sacramento, CA
• Kaare J. Norgaard, Victoria, Canada
• Elaine Hover, Highlands, NJ
• Mr & Mrs Roy Hagelin, East Hills, NY
• Mr & Mrs William Drakos, New York City
• Mr & Mrs Robert Karatz, Scottsdale, AZ
• Mr & Mrs Herb Heffernan, San Antonio, TX
• Mr & Mrs Walter Sherf, Dallas, TX
• Lucile Goldring, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Raul Morales, Acapulco, Gro.,Mexico
• Mr & Mrs Robert Holmes, Coon Rapids, MN
• Mr & Mrs William Noble, Naples, FL
• Mr & Mrs Joseph Adelman, Los Angeles, CA
• Robert W. Olson, Minnetonka, MN
• Linda Ronstadt, Tucson, AZ
• Mr & Mrs Louis Roner, Cottage Grove, OR
• Mr & Mrs Richard Salvatierra, Tucon, AZ
• Mr & Mrs Sidney Treger, Highland Park, IL
• Armando Bono, Acapulco, Gro.,Mexico
• Dan Bruner, San Francisco, AZ
• Peter Rauschenberg, Acapulco, Gro.,Mexico
• Marcos Diaz Salvado, Acapulco, Gro.,Mexico
• Lourdes Carramon, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Estelle Urrata, Greenwich, CT
• Javier Rivera M., Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Armando Lopez, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Lalo McKissack, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Leonor y Miguel Rodriguez, Acapulco, Mexico
• Sr y Sra Hans Buehler, San Juan, Costa Rica
• Gera Curry, Sacramento, CA
• Karolyn & Fred Mahoney, Cottage Grove, OR
• Richard Bloomgarden. Cuernavaca, Mexico
• Marilyn & Allan Scase, Windsor, CA
• Michelle & Tim Corey, Portland, OR
• Marie Slaton, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Mary Ellen Schesser, Cottage Grove, OR
• Cecilia Kinnear, Patagonia, AZ
• Mary Beth Hirtzel, LaGrange, IN
• Barbara Cassidy, San Francisco, CA
• Rebeca & Nick Urhausen, Eugene, OR
• Ing. Cesario y Franses Aguilera, Mexico City, MX
• Tracy Fernandez, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Joan and John Hopkins, Paradise Valley, AZ
• Pal y Lumi Kepenyes, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Gloria & Werner Rose, Acapulco, Gro., Mexico
• Cynthia Sargent, Cuenavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Eloise Toole, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
• Camilo & Felipe Mora, Cottage Grove, OR
• Yvonne Jennings, St. Louis, MO
• Karen Johnston, Carlsbad, NM
• Elodie Brown, Midland, TX
• Joann P. Crane, Lakeside, MI
• Marie M. Bergin, Eugene, OR
• Sue & Paul Davis, Rockwell, TX
• Sandra Dominguez Hill, Eugene, OR