Gladiola Sotomayor was born on the island of Puerto Rico. Her passion for painting and drawing has been with her since she could hold a pencil in her hand. She would draw on her dolls. on the mail, on the walls, on her clothes, on herself.... you name it. This was not always seen as a good things so many times she had to hide her wall drawings behind furniture. Nonetheless this did not discourage her from continuing her passion through her college years. She graduated with a Masters from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and has been awarded the National Board Certification for her excellence in teaching.
She has done numerous collectives and solo exhibitions in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Jersey, California, Florida, Puerto Rico. Her works are in private and public collections and has won awards along the way.
Currently a full time artist with works in acrylics, oils, pastels, watercolor, collage, photography and her new found love....sculpture!
Enjoy the works, more are to be downloaded as they become in appropriate digital format. Again enjoy and feel free to comment. Gladiola
Gladiola Sotomayor joined Pixels.com Licensing on April 28th, 2009.
