A Life in Art: the Works of Heliodoro Santa Coloma Opening Reception

My wife and I bought a quirky, humorous batik female face from Heliodoro in the mid 70s at a sidewalk art show in Manhattan. Through many moves (New Haven to San Francisco, Philadelphia, Knoxville, Pittsburgh) since then, we’ve kept it with us and kept it on the wall. Today (June 8), looking at his batik, I wondered what happened to Heliodoro and googled him. Only to find that he died three years ago, and – amazingly – that your show opens in two days. What my wife calls synchronicity. We were sorry to hear of the death of this wonderful artist, but glad to hear of his long life practicing his art. We hope it was enjoyable and productive to the end and that your show is successful.

I did the same thing today. Years ago, I sat in on an auction, and the Batik I now have was put up for bid. I loved it, and it has been mine for many years. I looked at it this morning, and went to the computer to see what was going on in his works. I am sorry he is no longer with us, but happy to walk past this Batik and smile every time I look at it.