Mariel behind "MARALOVE"

  • “Learning Art Is Not Learning How to Paint”

    by Mariel Méndez
    My artist residency at Bambini Montessori Spanish Academy has reminded me once again why I love teaching.   At first, many children ask which color...

  • “Creating with a Broken Heart”

    by Mariel Méndez
    Some wounds do not know how to speak, but they know how to create.   There are moments in life when creating feels impossible.   Moments when pain ...

  • “What Paris Reminded Me About Art”

    by Mariel Méndez
    A few days ago, two of my artworks were featured in a digital exhibition in Paris.   Although the pieces never physically left my studio, there was...

  • “I Don’t Know How to Paint”

    by Mariel Méndez
    Maybe art doesn’t begin with rules, but with the need to express ourselves. There’s something I almost never say when someone compliments one of my...

  • “Create to Grow”

    by Mariel Méndez
    I have never shared this on my social media before, but for more than ten years I have volunteered in different projects that support children and ...

  • “When Growth Isn’t Visible, But It Exists”

    by Mariel Méndez
    We live in a time where it seems that all growth must be visible.   More followers. More sales. More recognition. More external proof that we are “...

  • “When Creation Changes Form…”

    by Mariel Méndez
      Lately, I’ve found it a bit difficult to paint.   For months, I’ve had a series of paintings in mind for a new collection, but with everything I ...

  • “How I Extend MARALOVE Into My Life”

    by Mariel Méndez
    My art is not only what I paint. It’s the way I live.   I don’t leave it on the canvas. I carry it with me.   It shows in how I dress, in the piece...

  • From “No” to Pop-Up: My Journey to Nordstrom

    by Mariel Méndez
    Sometimes dreams don’t begin when someone finally tells you “yes.” Sometimes they begin the day someone tells you “no.”   A few years ago, I receiv...

  • “When Space Becomes Narrative”

    by Mariel Méndez
    MARALOVE x Paradisaea   There are collaborations that are simply visual. And there are others that become narrative.   When JPR introduced MARALOVE...

  • “LIBERATION (2019–2020)”

    by Mariel Méndez
    The Courage to Let Go   “LIBERATION” emerged as an exploration of emotional release — not as reaction, but as conscious transformation.   Developed...

  • “80% of Problems Aren’t Problems — They’re a Lack of Structure”

    by Mariel Méndez
    When I heard Martha Debayle say that 80% of problems are solved with discipline, she wasn’t dismissing emotional struggles or suggesting that every...