Nelcy Patricia Pina

Bio

Visual Artist and Poet Pat has more than 40 years of experience in painting. She has felt a connection to art as long as she can remember. Growing up in Venezuela, she took private lessons with local artist Adalberto Carrizo, learning oil painting techniques, followed by sculpting classes with Francisco Fajardo in the School of Art Neptali Rincon, and with the colorist Luis Cuevas, all local artists in Maracaibo Venezuela. She began writing poetry in her twenties, publishing a book of poetry called Ella in 2007. Beginning in 2012, she spent five years participating in a collective art exhibition called SUBASTARTE to raise funds for the Pediatric Specialties Hospital (HEP in Spanish) located in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Since moving to the United States, Pat has continued to create art. She was invited to assist on a mural at St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Nassau Bay and was invited as one of four artists to each paint one of the four seasons in the church calendar. For this project, she created two forty by forty inch abstract geometric acrylic paintings to represent Advent. Additionally, Pat has 20 years experience as a professor at the University of Zulia, where she taught Geographic Information Systems, logic and deduction, numeric methods, and different programming languages. She has high proficiency in understanding and following procedures and regulations. She has extensive experience working with young people. She provides great customer service and has superb communication and negotiation skills. She is energized by colorful brush strokes, textures and shapes, which she believes stimulate feelings, memories and meaning that go beyond language.