Mariel behind "MARALOVE"

  • “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...

  • “When Challenges Are Also Blessings.”

    by Mariel Méndez
    There are seasons when I look inward again and remember something essential: I have been profoundly blessed.   Not only in the soft, luminous, cele...

  • “Art as a Silent Companion in Everyday Life”

    by Mariel Méndez
    Art does not always arrive as an event. More often, it appears as a small, almost imperceptible detail — and it stays.   An image resting on a shel...