Carlos Ponce

Inspirational Art: Textured acrylic colors mixed with beach sand and beach elements, pouring with ocean water. Light, colors and texture.

I'm a US-Venezuelan artist, moved from Venezuela to the United States back in 2003, escaping from the dictatorship and regime persecution. I have been also working as civil rights, human rights, environmental justice, and vulnerable population activist/practitioner/academic, and helping other artists living under authoritarian regimes to expand their voices.

My work is a combination of nature with beach sand and ocean water from Bristol Beach, Massachusetts.


Horseshoe crabs cast-off, shells, coral, rocks, and other materials with seasonal colors reflecting the changes in life and sunlight transforming acrylic colors. ​ The maestoso millenarian creature reflects the never-ending time and sand, the earthly approach, in a combination with the changes from the ocean water and the beach and sky as the center of the picture.

Acrylic colors mixed with beach sand, pebbles, candle-wax, ashes, and ocean water as a way to transfer the light into the diffuse images. An inspiration from different poets and music provide the soul of every painting reflecting the seasonal changes and the views fro...

Spectrum Art Fair Miami 2022, November 30 to December 03, 2022.
Boston International Fine Art Show 2022, Emerge Artists, Full Exhibit Booth, October 20 - 23, 2022
Light, Space & Time Online Art Gallery. “Patterns, Textures & Forms” Art Exhibition, Special Merit for Ebony and Ivory. October 2022.
Artist Space Gallery, ."Colors Art Exhibition", Special recognition for Polonaise, September 2022
Clio Art Fair, New York, September 8 - 11, 2022, New York, NY
Falmouth Art Market 2022, Falmouth, Massachusetts, July/August 2022
Light, Space & Time Online Art Gallery, “Seascapes” Art Exhibition, Special Recognition for La Vie en Rose, August 2022.
​​​Berkshires Arts Festival, July 1-3, 2022. Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Grey Cube Gallery, 2022 Colors Art Show, Merit Award for Vincent and The Book of Love, June 2022
​Contemporary Art Gallery, Texture and Patterns Exhibition. Merit Award for La Vie en Rose and Vincent. May 2022
​​​​​​Art Show International Gallery, Abstract 2022 International Juried Competition, Talent Price Award for Vincent,April 2022
​Art Fluent, Elements Exhibit 2022, The River, April 2022​
Falmouth Art Center, The Golden Hour, Finalist for End of the Summer, Feb. 04 - 28, 2022
Art​show International G...