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Nelson De La Nuez

Nelson De La Nuez has used his hands to create works of art that entertain and delight people throughout the world. He has used acrylics, watercolors, oils, pens, crayons and colored pencils, pastels, charcoals, and every type of paper and canvas.

Upon creating collages, he found that he loved juxtaposing images that one would not expect to see occupying the same space. Since a young age, colors and the ways they affect people have intrigued Nelson.

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He has, therefore, explored the juxtaposition of colors as well, including how they influence peoplesÕ emotions.

De La Nuez studied art history at Boston University and in 1982 became quite taken with the Post and French Impressionist Period, particularly a piece by the artist Edward Manet, entitled "The Picnic." The image of three men fully dressed having a picnic with a naked woman struck him as odd and interesting.

Through the art of collage, he began exploring the use of people and objects out