Michael Rodriguez

Artist/Friend/Family Man

We have been blessed at Jade Nosara with the various artists that have frequented the garden. This past February we had a few different artists stay with us and create community as well as CREATE.

It is an invitation “Artist in Residence” program. This year we invited Michael Rodriguez. Michael is an artist living and working in NYC & the Catskills. I have known Michael for over 20 years. I have been lucky enough to acquire various paintings of his over the years. I am a big fan. Although Michael is more of an abstract artist, he spent an afternoon drawing one of our favorite flowers “Birds of Paradise”. The garden has beautiful flowers and palms throughout.

This year year we invited the artist and his family. Michael arrived with Renee Eva, and Bea — the first week he enjoyed painting in the garden, taking in the sunsets and spending time with his family.

Amazing to see Michael paint multiple paintings at the same time. It was nice to pop in on him and see what he was doing. Michael seemed to really enjoy talking about his work and his process.

The second week - Michael’s family went back to NY, and he stayed and really spent more time painting. Some of his inspiration came from the beautiful sunsets that paint the sky each evening. Amazing to look at it thru his lens.