METAL (2009) Painting by Catalina Proano

Catalina Proano was born in Quito-Ecuador on April, 1946.

She began to study Plastic Arts at the age of 5, and during her school years she took private classes with the European artist Isabel Nador.
When she attended High School, she received private art lessons. After graduation, she went to the Tulpa Institute of Opus Dei and studied Art History and Interior Design.
Then she became an art instructor after obtaining the proper credentials and other accreditations.
Through all her life she studied all kinds of techniques of artistic paintings, plastic arts and handcrafts.
She also studied the elaboration of weaves and natural fibers ( antique and modern).
She is an expert in wood treatments and floors and walls finishing.
Finally, she created a unique type of collage made with natural fabrics, and pure oils and acrylics.

• Nationality: ECUADOR
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Ecuadorian Artists