Cristina Montesinos is an abstract painter who seeks to capture the mystery and healing power of the natural world. She paints mindfully, following the marks and colors where they lead her. Her paintings unfold on their own as she explores the hidden, abstract features of nature.

A Family of Artists
Born into a family of artists, Montesinos has been surrounded by art her entire life. The Montesinos family of painters began with her grandfather, Julio Montesinos Malo, from Cuenca, Ecuador. At an early age he spearheaded a 1930s Ecuadorian underground political magazine, featuring many of his own caricatures and stories. Julio Montesinos Malo passed on his love of art and painting to his family. Cristina recalls large family gatherings in Ecuador with energetic art sessions, at a table full of art supplies. She fondly remembers the loud, large family dinners ending in laughter, with the artists drawing caricatures of each other on dinner napkins. Today two of her uncles work as painters in Ecuador, as do her sister, father, aunts and cousins.

Current Work
Montesinos’s work has shown in local exhibitions, and in 2020-2021, she was featured along Atlanta’s highways and byways on hundreds of billboards and in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport as part of a juried billboard exhibition. Montesinos’s work is now available at Wild Oats & Billy Goats in Decatur.