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A Visit from artist Corina del Carmel, February 2025

Artist Visit – Corina del Carmel: Art, Nature, and Shared Vision

We were honored to recently welcome Corina del Carmel to Las Casas de la Selva, 18 Feb – 7th March 2025. A prolific Mexican surrealist painter, Corina brings a vibrant blend of cultural reflection, mysticism, and ecological sensitivity to her art practice. Her visit was a deeply enriching moment for us—an exchange between creative minds rooted in nature and engaged with the world.

Corina’s paintings often reflect her birthplace in Mexico, layered with a sociopolitical consciousness shaped by her experience as an emigrant to California. Over the years, her work has expanded into inner and mystical realms, influenced by her life in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where she maintains her permanent studio surrounded by forest and garden.

As an avid gardener and seasoned traveler, Corina has woven together life and art across borders, cultures, and landscapes. Her multicultural perspective resonates strongly with our work here in the rainforest, where conservation, community, and creative expression intersect every day.

Her visit sparked thoughtful conversation about land, spirit, and sustainability. We’re grateful for the time she spent with us, and we look forward to continuing the dialogue between forest-based and studio-based practices—each rooted in deep observation and care.

To learn more about Corina del Carmel and explore her extraordinary body of work, stay tuned—we’ll be sharing more soon.

Here are some images from her stay in Puerto Rico.

E. E. King volunteers at Las Casas de la Selva, June 2016

Writer, biologist and artist, Evie King came to volunteer and worked on many diverse projects around the homestead, painted some cheerful frogs and lizards onto the bare walls of el teatro, and also helped out with managing a teen Earthwatch team. Evie first came here in 2005 to partake in some of our earlier Earthwatch research expeditions. Thank you Evie, we really appreciated having you here! And thanks for all the chocolate! (more about Evie below)

E.E. King is a performer, writer, biologist and painter. Ray Bradbury calls her stories “marvelously inventive, wildly funny and deeply thought provoking. I cannot recommend them highly enough.” Her books are;” Dirk Quigby’s Guide to the Afterlife,” “Real Conversations with Imaginary Friends,” “The Adventures of Emily Finfeather – The Feathernail and Other Gifts” and “Another Happy Ending.” She has won numerous awards and been published widely. She is the recipient of two International Tides painting fellowships, and two international biology Earthwatch grants. She was an adviser for the J. Paul Getty’s and the Science Center’s, Arts &; Science program. She was the Science and Arts coordinator in Bosnia with Global Children’s Organization (a summer camp for war orphans and refugees) in 2000. She was the founding Arts & Sciences Director for Esperanza Community Housing Corporation . She has worked with children in Bosnia, crocodiles in Mexico, frogs in Puerto Rico, egrets in Bali, mushrooms in Montana, archaeologists in Spain and planted butterfly gardens in South Central Los Angeles. https://www.elizabetheveking.com/

Symposium and Exhibition of Forest Products at IITF, 6th December 2014

SEE MORE IMAGES HERE:
https://plus.google.com/photos/114745085458651133282/albums/6089798854434161681?authkey=CLytzaWvsMmIfg

L-R: Luis Soto, (Land Authority Director) Carmen Guerrero, (Secretary of DNR), Connie Carpenter, Magaly Figueroa, (USDA State & Private Forestry), Andrés Rúa, 3t Vakil, (Tropic Ventures and Nuestra Madera), Magha Garcia, (Director Pachamama Organic Farm), Sheila Ward, (Mahogany for the Future), Edgardo Gonzalez (Landscape Conservation Center).
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