Ada Colorina - The Color of the Bay
Everyone has the opportunity to chat with Ada Colorina, internationally known due to her “Naive” or “regional” art, because she has nothing to hide. The colors of her personality become translucent as soon as you come in close contact with her. She is always warm-hearted and unsophisticated.
Smiling easily and with rebellious hair, Ada is one of the most representative brushes of the present palette of colors that stand out in the local scene. During her exhibition at the Vallarta Cultural Center we talk to her about her present new pieces of works, as well as the ones of the past and the ones of the future.
Happy whales seem to jump out of her pictures in order to follow the excitement of this small Mexican town which is full of color and apparently always has a fiesta going on. In this exhibition, almost without planning it, Ada Colorina kept up the pure essence of Puerto Vallarta, where the town and the sea combine harmoniously.
The local Vallarta painter reveals to us: “At the beginning the whole event only would have had paintings of the town however at the end I decided to combine them with the ocean."
For this young woman both these environments represent a unique concept that has marked her life. "for me whales stand for greatness, family, grace and love. I can perceive it when I listen to what they transmit to those people that observe them. I do not go to watch them because I consider it a profanation of their space. They are beings who have seen so many things."
Being born on a coast hosting whales Ada Colorina began to paint them as a try-out. "I wanted to get involved with the ocean in order to experiment, I did several paintings but since they are paintings with more open spaces, people prefer those works that show the details of the small town. Nevertheless I myself like my whales very much. As a matter of fact if I could choose to be an animal I would be a whale or a parrot" she says in the midst of laughter.
Javier Bravo, Puerto Vallarta’s Mayor, being a very close friend of the artist, was the guest of honor for the opening ceremony of cutting the ribbon. With sincere words Javier Bravo pointed out: "Ada and I have been friends since childhood, and I do not know whether she knows this, but her father and her family have marked my live in a very special way."
This confession did not come as a surprise to anybody since this is the way Ada Colorina is, a torrent of colors softly illuminating not only those who know her personally but also through her paintings and pictures that always show her deep love for Puerto Vallarta and its nature.
The exhibition of Ada Colorina will be available during the month of April in the Vallarta Cultural Center which is located on the Island of the Cuale River L 33 and the telephone is 223- 8214 - Email: centroculturalvallartense@yahoo.com.mx
Silvia Alvarez
E-mail: silvialvarezb@yahoo.com.mx
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