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Villas & Verandas Announces:

Our Physical Location Closing Feb 15 – Sale On Most Items Except Fine Art

(Antique Paintings Sale Priced)

Open Daily 11:00 – 5:00, 12:00 – 4:00 on Mondays

We have enjoyed being in San Juan Capistrano for the last 7½ years, hearing the lovely Mission bells ringing daily, giving back to the Mission for preservation at the art shows we were privileged to hold there, and being an art presence here in Capistrano in general. We have experienced some beautiful connecting events here through things of the spirit, and through God’s grace. It’s been our privilege to also introduce some of you to art collecting, to antique santo collecting, and we are humbled and gratified when you share with us the impact this has had in some of your lives. Many of you have also taught us new things, and brought a new dimension to our lives, and we thank you for that.

Sometimes in life, we must make decisions that force change, that make us move on, to keep evolving, and not just surviving. It’s not a good thing when living becomes surviving. These tough economic times have been a challenge, and the art world, has been deeply affected by them. We will be closing our doors in Capistrano, but will continue to have our website and our online presence. We hope that we are gone, but not forgotten, because we will be very much alive; just doing things a little differently.

We would like to say a heartfelt thank you, for appreciating the arts, for sharing in our love of things created through someone’s vision, and through their innate creative gifts all made from the heart. The gallery has been a profound labor of love for us and we have enjoyed every minute of representing our artists, working with my beloved antique santos (saints) and other devotional arts, as well as to also share my life-long passion of antiques. Please keep an eye on the artists you have gotten to know here, they are all accomplished talented fine artists who need your support. The world needs it’s artists more than ever.

We have enjoyed meeting all of you, becoming good friends with many of you, and sharing special moments. It’s been a joy to dance for you with my flamenco group, Duende Flamenco; who are not just my performing friends, but like a true family. Please visit the website at http://duende-flamenco.com/ for performance information. Our flamenco group is going stronger than ever, and we continue to perform at Tapas Flavors of Spain in Newport Beach, where we’ve been for almost 7 years, so please come see us on Saturday nights We will have at least one final good bye performance at the gallery, so look for that email and postings on the gallery website .

Ron would like to thank all of his collectors, and assures you that he will keep painting, as he does almost daily, so he’ll still be around and will have his paintings on our website, he will also let you know where else to find his work. I will still be involved in working with santos and antiques and will have new arrivals on the website.

Our last day at our beloved gallery will be Wednesday February 15, 2012, so we hope to see you before then.Please stop by to get that something you’ve always wanted at a great price, and of course, to say good bye – for now…

Very Gratefully Yours,

Aida & Ron

Villas & Verandas, The Museum Experience
Oil Paintings, California Impressionism, Plein Air Paintings
& Antique Colonial Santos

Welcome to “Heaven on earth” as I like to refer to my surroundings here at our gallery, where we are graced by the peaceful presence, and the beauty of rare antique sacred santos (saints), antique Madonnas, antique angels, and other rare antique treasures from all over the globe. The saints smile upon us, and the beauty of our talented group of California Impressionists provides windows to the beauty of our natural surroundings and into the heart and soul of each talented artist creating that beauty. Our artists are award-winning, nationally collected, with impressive resumes that include museum exhibits and a long history of achievement in the art world.
Our santos are Spanish Colonial, Spanish, Italian, French, French Colonial, Guatemalan, Mexican, Filipino, Peruvian, as well as from other parts of South America, essentially; they are from all over the world where Christianity brought missionaries. They are originally from old churches, convents, and home altars, but they are mostly from the heart and soul of the carvers who took meticulous care to create these testaments of faith, hope and love. They are carved wood, with layers of polychrome that create the beautiful “ encarnación” or flesh-like finish. Being Guatemalan and Italian, I grew up with them, and speak “santo” which means, I love everything about them. They are truly masterpieces of the heart, that we are honored to admire and share with collectors who love them as we do.

Aida

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Villas & Verandas is a labor of love, an infusion of hope for us, and we constantly strive to improve upon sharing that joy with you by bringing you the best “museum experience” we can here at the gallery.
Here’s to a year drenched in the love of art!