Luz Marina Ruiz "Brotar" Acrylic on Wood Panel, Large Floral Abstract Painting in Teal Blue, Bay Area California Art, Original 24 X 24 Inches, 2025

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In this large floral abstract in acrylic on wood panel by Bay Area artist Luz Marina Ruiz, a cream and … Read more In this large floral abstract in acrylic on wood panel by Bay Area artist Luz Marina Ruiz, a cream and apricot flower bends from a looping red stem across a teal ground mottled like old plaster, above an ochre comb-like form marked with small, script-like symbols. At the right, a mint square holds a cream spiral ringed with dashes, a pink seed shape dotted with fine marks leans against a red zigzag, and indigo and violet blocks fill the lower corner. Brotar means to sprout, and the whole image feels in the middle of unfolding. Luz Marina Ruiz draws on nature and dreams, and this garden is one of quiet signs and symbols rather than a literal view.

A square of this size works well above a console, a bed or a sofa, where its teal and coral tones can set the palette for a room. It pairs with rust velvet, brass, rattan and white or limewashed walls, and it brings a calm, garden-like color to dining rooms and entries. The softly mottled ground also suits plaster, brick and textured wall finishes.

Acrylic on wood panel, 24 x 24 x 1.5 in (61.0 x 61.0 cm).

Luz Marina Ruiz paints in acrylic on wood panel, building saturated color in dense, slightly chalky layers and drawing crisp dark outlines and fine lines through them. Spirals, leaves, blossoms and boat forms recur, simplified into bold shapes with the clarity of a printmaker's design. The rigid wood support keeps the surface flat and gives the intense color a solid, stable base.

Luz Marina Ruiz was born in Cali, Colombia, and raised in New York. She earned her BA, MA and MFA at the University of California, Berkeley, and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she teaches printmaking at the California College of the Arts.

Her practice moves between painting, drawing, printmaking and book arts, with linocut, collagraph, monotype and woodcut often turned into sculptural tunnel books and carousel books. Inspired by dreams and nature, she returns to water and boats as images of life's journeys. Her work is held in public collections including the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, UC Berkeley's Environmental Design Library and Mills College Special Collections. See less