Amárillys Hatton

Ever since I was a little girl living in Puerto Rico you could find me creating with a pencil and paper or crayons, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that my heart was awakened to the love of painting. Standing in front of a blank canvas at a studio in the historic downtown where I currently live my heart raced with excitement at the creative possibilities to come in the next two hours. I mixed my beautiful teal color, dipped the brush, placed the first stroke on the canvas and the rest is history. That moment took my breath away as I had uncovered a passion I didn’t even know was in me. I have been working at my craft since then, but it wasn’t until 2020 that I decided to embark in the full-time artist journey.

I am inspired by the beauty and colors of the world around me and the impactful stories that create extra space for life and feeling beyond the natural… a little of Heaven on earth. My preferred medium is acrylic and my style is abstract expressionist. I love using thick texture for sculpture-like pieces as well as a vast array of colors that pop off the canvas with a little bling here and there.

In 2019 my family and I faced the greatest tragedy of our lives. My oldest son, at 17 years old, died tragically in an ...