About the Artist:
Ariel Quiroz's early works specialized in realistic portrait drawings and paintings, when he moved to Maui his artwork evolved integrating the figure of his Hula Dancers and Lovers to the Hawaiian Landscapes.
The Alla Prima Technique, Plein Air Paintings, and Ariel’s travels have witnessed different landscapes, cultures, and people. This has inspired and influenced his style, images, and colors.
For Ariel “Art is Related to Love”. When he talks about his wife and moving to Maui he said: “There’s a Love relationship between Art and Beauty. We are born with the necessary Intuition to be attracted to what is Good for us because our basic instincts tell us that it's Beautiful. I want to use this same Intuitive Sense and Inspiration to bring Love, Beauty, and Joy to People through Art.”
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Ariel Quiroz.
How a Chilean Artist moved to Brazil and ended up in Hawaii because of Love.
Born and raised in Chile in 1981, where he was best known for his Portrait Drawings and Paintings. Since 1995 he participated in competitions, exhibitions, and artistic projects including Art Exhibitions, Photography, Installation, Performance, Theater, Short Films, and Teaching.
In 1995 Ariel promised himself to pursue Art as a career at age 13 when he applied to study Fine Arts at the L.E.A., an exclusive and prestigious Art School for talented children where he received in 1999 a diploma in Visual Art Techniques specializing in painting and graphic arts, the same year he also received the highest honor with an Award of Outstanding Participation in the specialty of Painting.
In 2006 he received his first Magna Cum Laude degree graduating in Visual Art from UPLA University, ln 2010 he received two more bachelor’s degrees both Cum Laude, one in Education and the other in High School Art Teaching from U.N.A.B. University.
In 2011 Ariel ventured to Florianopolis in Brazil, and later to Rio de Janeiro, where he fell in love with another foreigner originally from California. In 2012, still wanting to share his art, explore, and be closer to his loved muse who lived in Hawaii, he voyaged to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, where he joined Cultural Projects and Galleries.
Ariel agreed to move to Maui because his loved one was homesick, he has been living in Maui since December 2013, he married his muse Vanessa in 2015 and now they live together in Lahaina.
Ariel’s past travels have seen different landscapes, cultures, and people that have inspired and influenced his identity, images, and colors. His experience as a teacher, art consultant, and artist demonstrated to him that “Art is always related to Love”.
“There’s a Love relationship between Art and Beauty. We are born with the necessary Intuition to be attracted to what is Good for us because our basic instincts tell us that it's Beautiful. The night in Rio de Janeiro when I met my wife, I was lost in the intense feelings of True Beauty and Natural Attraction, beyond what is psychological or physical, it was spiritual. After 10 years, she still proves to me that my intuition was right, and I love her more and more. I am grateful and I want to use this same Intuitive Sense and Inspiration to bring Love, Beauty, and Joy to People through Art.”
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Love Through Art:
My Vision and Commitment
I believe love and art are inseparable, and that a painting can hold the feeling of a moment long after it has passed. My vision is to keep making work that does more than decorate a wall. I want each piece to carry the emotion and spirit of the people in it, so that years from now it still brings back the warmth of the day it was made. Through my art, I hope to honor authenticity, natural beauty, and every couple's story in its truest form, free of stereotypes, true to the intuition that draws us toward what is good and beautiful.
Mission, Capturing Love Through Art
At Maui Wedding Art, I create personalized paintings that celebrate love and connection. Working live at your celebration, I capture the joy and spirit of the day in oil on canvas, turning a single afternoon into a keepsake you'll return to for the rest of your lives. Alongside live wedding paintings, I offer custom portraits, caricatures, and live guest portraits, each made with the same care and attention to who you are. My promise is simple: heartfelt art that honors your story, rooted in the beauty and aloha of Hawaiʻi, created through an experience as memorable as the finished piece.