Juan Manuel Villanueva

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The primary objective of my business is to bring impeccable floral arrangements & work, of exquiste quality and affordability, to those with an appreciation & value of art and aesthetics.
My search for personal identity and sense of community drives my art, whether the medium is oils or acrylics, public art and/or floral design.

In my art, I use symbols painted in a collaged fashion to recount and re-examine fragmented memories. Paintings are an exploration for me. The constant development of a personal mythology based on natural images, memories, and stories is what inspires me. My art is deeply rooted in ceremony. In painting, through the use of color & texture, the “finished” product serves as proof that I was physically, emotionally and spiritually present both the artist and art developing simultaneously.
It is this Relationship between things that I cherish. In my freelance floral work, this is key. Constatly developing this Trust between myself, my work, & the client.
"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the harder I work the more I live." -George Bernard Shaw