Ana Moran

Ana Morán is a contemporary artist from V alencia, Spain. Her

artistic training began when she took a yearlong sculpture course at

the School of Arts and Crafts in Salamanca. Morán then went on

to receive her Bachelor of Arts from the Polytechnic University of

V alencia, where she studied from 1998 to 2003. Before pursuing a

career as a full-time artist, Morán worked as a conservation and

reservation artist in V alencia. Currently, her works are actively shown

in galleries in Spain and are within several private collections in

Madrid, V alencia, Barcelona, and León.

Morán's whimsical beach paintings aim to capture to beauty of nature

and the ways that nature can bring people together. Each of her works portray beachgoers involved in a variety of

recreational activities such as sailing, flying kites, riding bikes, and families and individuals walking through tidal

pools or along the shore. The beach is a place of nostalgia for most people and Morán enjoys the fact that viewers

can place themselves and the happy memories that each wave washes in within each of her paintings. Morán's

work highlights the allure of the mundane and the ways we can connect with nature and with each other.