Artist Bio

Belinda Del Pesco

Originally from New England, Belinda grew up in a family of immigré artists and inventors. Creativity was encouraged and seasoned by cultural influences from Italy, France, England and Canada.

After earning a degree at the University of Massachusetts, she headed west, and set her artistic affinities aside to work in Communications in the Entertainment Industry.

After a decade-long hiatus from art, a casual invitation to paint plein air re-ignited her love for watercolors, and she left the corporate world to paint full time.

She’s won numerous awards and commissions, and her paintings are in corporate and private collections in Europe, Asia, South America and the United States.

Belinda works in the classical tradition of figurative, landscape and still life painting. She divides her time between watercolor painting and printmaking, and produces a series of intaglio and relief prints in small editions each year.

A lifelong fascination with the nuances of the face and figure, and seasonal changes in natural light on everyday objects and interiors has been a constant source of inspiration.

These ingredients, combined with her affinity for the artistic traditions of the late 19th and early 20th century, create a spirited appetite to paint insightful interpretations of what she sees every day.

New art, and essays that encourage a return to a creative life are posted on her art blog.  Watercolor and printmaking tutorials can be found on her YouTube Channel. Belinda also mentors artists at Mastrius.com

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Selected Exhibitions

2024 – Print Austin – The Contemporary Print

2021 – Leave Quietly – Printmaking Exhibit – University of Kentucky Art Museum

2019 – Santa Paula Art Museum – Faces of California Exhibition – Santa Paula, CA

2018 – Ventura Art Museum – Artwalk Exhibition – Ventura, CA

2016 – I Wish I Had Friends Like That – Disney/Henson Artists at Flower Pepper Gallery – Pasadena, CA

2014 – Women Painting Women  – Principle Gallery – Charleston, SC

2003-14 – Disney’s Ryman-Carroll Foundation Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA

2011 – Brand 40 – Exhibit of Works on Paper,  Glendale, CA

2010 – Delicate and Dazzling – Segil Fine Art Gallery – Pasadena, CA

2009 – Brand 38 – Annual National Exhibit of Works on Paper Glendale, CA

2009 – The Human Element, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ

2006-9 – Boddy Gallery Featured Artist, Descanso Gardens,  La Canada, CA

2008-9 – Riverside Art Museum – Off the Wall , Riverside, CA

Public/Private Collections and Awards

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas

Richeson Figures and Portraits – 2^nd Place Watermedia Kimberly, Wisconsin

The Banner Project – Public Art Banners – Celebrating the Arts Georgetown, Texas

Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California

Coca Cola, Bergamo, Italy

Press

2022 – Ingredients of Creativity (Book by Uppercase – Art Supplies)

2020 – Watercolor Ambassador – American Watercolor Weekly

2020 – Figurative Intaglio Drypoint – Issue 29, Hand Magazine

2018 – Making Collagraph Prints (Book by Suzie MacKenzie)

2014 – Daily Painting (Book by Carol Marine)

2014 – Lines and Colors Artist Profile, by Charley Parker