Mabel Alvarez

[2] Alvarez demonstrated artistic talent at a young age and 1915 enrolled in the Art Students League of Los Angeles, where she enjoyed immediate success.

As a young woman, she was influenced by the philosophical writings of Will Levington Comfort, who espoused principles of Theosophy and Eastern mysticism.

[4] In the 1920s and 30s, her works were heavily influenced by the Synchromist Movement’s Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell,[2] who would remain her teacher for over 20 years.

[6] In August 1941 she had a one-woman exhibit in the Los Angeles county museum that featured paintings of bold color she created while she was staying in Honolulu.

[7] In 2001 her work was exhibited at Mission San Juan Capistrano in California, U.S.[8] The primary color that Alvarez used to express herself was green which to her represented joy, love, hope, youth and mirth.

Portrait of Herman Kalahele by Mabel Alvarez, oil on board, 1939