My Caribbean Passion

My CaribbeanPassion is my Fine Arts during the last 2 years.I live in Puerto Rico,a Caribbean Iland with wonderful scenes and vibrant colors.Since i start to take the images of my country and people i decided to put this simple website so the world can had a piece of my iland at home.

With a wonderful weather Puerto Ricois one the most tourist visiting in the Lesser Antilles.The rich of the cultural scene is very vast, with close relations with other cultures,during the Spanish  colonization in the 1800,when Christopher Columbus arrive in 1892.This bring to our Tainos a new heritage.Spaniards start the colonization of Boriken and the settlement of a new social,economic and politics new order.The Spaniards also brought with them another roots of their owns life the food,lifestyles and knowlege that mix with our Tainos way of living.With the colonization and the spread of this events to the world the spaniards ship brought many europeans and slaves.

The slaves of Puerto Rico who came from Africa is another heritage that roots our culture.

According to historians, the first free black man arrived in the island in 1509. Juan Garrido, a conquistador who belonged to Juan Ponce de León's entourage was the first black man to set foot on the island and in the New World. Another free black man who accompanied de León was Pedro Mejías. It is believed that Mejías married a Taíno woman chief (a cacica) by the name of Luisa.[1]|undefined

W'''hen Ponce de León and the Spaniards arrived in the island of "Borinken" (PuertoRico), they were greeted by the Cacique Agüeybaná, the supreme leader of the peaceful Taíno tribes in the island. Agüeybaná helped to maintain the peace between the Taínos and the Spaniards. However, the peace would be short-lived because the Spaniards soon took advantage of the Taínos' good faith and enslaved them, forcing them to work in the gold mines and in the construction of forts. Many Taínos died as a result of either the cruel treatment that they had received or of the smallpox disease epidemic which had attacked the island. Many Taínos either committed suicide or left the island after the failed Taíno revolt of 1511 '''



PuertoBoricua

<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Verdana;color:#f6b26b;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">About the Artist

<span style="font-size:24px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">B <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">orn in 1960 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%C3%B3vanas,_Puerto_Rico <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#0000ee;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;">Canovanas, Puerto Rico. ]<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> Move with his parents Miguel Gonzalez and Hilda Ponce to United States.His parents move to New Jersey and stay for 3 years upon Miguel Sr. complete his Master Degree in Pesticides at Rutgers University.There was a big migration from puertoricans seeking the American dream.PuertoBoricua study at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Elemental School,Andre Flores Lopez Intermediate School and Luis Hernaiz Veronne San Juan then move to High School.Upon graduation start at Colegio Tecnlogico de San Juan,Colegio Regional de Carolina at the Social Sciences Department.After two years move to the Humanities Department for two more years.The mix of of knowledge give Miguel Ponce alias PuertoBoricua the background for his creative mind.Graduated from C.R.C with Honors.In 1981 the artist went to Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico at the Fine Arts School in the Printing Department learning etching,stone printing,paint,sculpture,history and foreign languages.It was  a long way since the high school graduation because the artist  had to work and study and takes almost 8 years to complete his B.A.After many attempts to get his abilities on work ,soon two babies come to the Artist life the twins Ian Miguel and Miguel Jo-van.Then PB change to any job available to sustain the family.Working in several companies and the government.The time goes by and the artist not made any art work or job for fourteen years until the twins grow up.Since 2003 PuertoBoricua start came back to the art scene.Several exposition in the crafts market was the first art related work that the artist join to "start from scratch".He start make typical scenes of Puerto Rico on driftwood and dry bamboo.Also joined a friends workshop,Taller la Rumba,a small workshop in Canovanas where both grow and study.At the present the Artist is working on his project <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#3d85c6;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">M <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">y <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#38761d;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Cari <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#bf9000;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">bbe <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#990000;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">an <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"> <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Passion©. <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">My Caribbean Passion is a photography project which include many wonderful moments in his life.The vibrant colors of the Caribbean capture by the artist that recreates the main structure of the socio-cultural traditions such as the people,the music and landscapes.By now the artist will start his next project on <span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Furniture Design using raw wood and driftwood as well as sand,pebbles,stone,clay and beach sanded glass.