The Ecogalería: putting down roots
On 21st January 2026, I opened the doors of the Ecogalería in Puerto de la Cruz, in Tenerife, my home island. And though it might seem like a beginning, it is really the culmination of many years of walking a long road.
For much of my life I have lived and created on the move, always with paints and canvases in tow — painting in courtyards, in shared houses, on smallholdings, in jungle corners, by the sea, and in the middle of cities. Places that were home for a time: creative refuges, laboratories of life and experience. My desire to know the world, its landscapes, its colours and flavours, shaped profoundly the way I inhabit it.
The last ten years have been years of fairs, markets and festivals. Spaces where I have been able to sustain my work, balancing motherhood with creativity. Finding that equilibrium has not been easy — deeply beautiful and deeply challenging all at once. Sharing in the street, talking with all manner of people, bringing art into everyday life — to people who might never have stepped inside a gallery, or who might never have felt drawn to art. A path of connection: with people, with my work, with my inner worlds. And alongside my son, present throughout, accompanying these journeys.
Yet in those spaces, original work often had no place. Wind, rain and sun set the pace. There, prints travelled far better than canvases.
Over the years, occasional exhibitions also came about — small windows in which to show the work in its fullest form. But always with a certain temporariness, that ephemeral quality that goes hand in hand with the itinerant life.
And yet the idea of a space of my own remained, quietly waiting.
The Ecogalería was born of that need: to create a place where the work can truly live, where the creative process is also present, where art and nature are in dialogue. A space for sharing not only the result, but the journey itself.
It took two years of gestation. A process sustained with patience, with doubt, and with hope. Cooked on a low flame. A road I did not walk alone: the support of my family and friends has been essential to bringing this place into being.
Today, the Ecogalería is a living space, in constant transformation. A studio, a gallery, a meeting point. A place where I create, where I share, where I find joy.
A place that, in its own way, also holds me — after so many years in motion.
Opening this space in my homeland carries something deeply symbolic. It is a return, but from a different vantage point. It is putting down roots — rooting everything that has been learnt, lived, travelled.
And this is only the beginning…
Ecogalería – Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
A space for art and creative processes connected with the nature of the Canary Islands.