Ofelia Uz Gonzalez is a self-taught artist and has been painting

professionally for the past 35 years. She creates beautiful American and

Latin American influenced works of art that incorporate traditional and

unique painting styles and techniques.

Being a self-taught artist, her works are not constrained to a single

category; yet each painting is easily identifiable as one of her creations.

Ofelia's artwork includes: abstract, contemporary, sea/landscape, figure

and pencil drawings. Ofelia's artistic talents don't stop at painting -

although that is her true passion. In the past, she has produced exquisite

works including commissioned mosaic tiling, wood-burning designs and

murals. She does volunteer work for ArtistHelpingChildren.org painting

murals for hospitals. As Ofelia puts it, "Art has always been a huge part of

my life".

At age 11, in 1961, her family fled Cuba and in 1962 her dear

mother sacrificed to surprise her with an unaffordable gift of painting

supplies: an easel, paper, small canvases, brushes and paints for her

birthday - the origin of her passion and the beginning of a brilliant career

as a self-taught artist, that moment was the start of the "word-of-mouth"

exposure that helped her gain recognition and appreciation as a true

artist. Since then, her paintings have been sold to private collectors and

at major Art Festivals around the country. Her works can be found in

collections all over the United States, Latin America, Canada and

throughtout Europe.