When one looks forward, I think it is equally important to look back. As I set my word of intention for 2026, I find myself looking back at a holistic picture of 2025. 2025 was a year filled with so much adventure, growth, and beauty. It did not come without its challenges though. In fact, at one point I really thought that 2025 was going to break me. I am so glad I didn’t let it. There were also moments of overflowing joy. One of the biggest highlights is that I had my fourth solo show this last year in Barcelona. The exhibit this time was at the Mexican House of Culture in Barcelona called MEXCAT. It was a successful show with a full house including my husband, my dad, my grandma, and my good friend & local Juan Bueno. Another spectacular moment of 2025 was I also married the love of my life. It was beyond incredible. We had to overcome so much to get to that magical day, but it was so worth it. God prepared us to start a foundation of love and trust on Him in which we can build a healthy, strong, and loving marriage and hopefully family one day. That is just two of the many highlights that happened in 2025. I ended my year spending so much time in the studio creating and spending a lot of time with God. I think this restored me in ways I could have never predicted.
The challenges that hit in 2025 were immense. I don’t want to go into too much detail, but we (my husband and I) encountered problems on every wavelength, and it was hard. There were months where I cried every single day uncertain of what the future held. Those months were long and incredibly taxing, but they lead me to my word of the year for 2026. This year I want to focus on faithfulness. Faithfulness to God, to building a life of beauty, to creating with purpose, and to loving with intention.
As I look back on 2025, I only see God’s faithfulness on display. The hard nights I was surrounded by loving friends & my amazing husband, warriors of wisdom, and time to express my feelings. The moments of financial hardship when things kept breaking around our new house, I saw God’s provision front and center. The hard but absolutely necessary boundaries both my husband and I had to set with people showed me God’s value of boundaries and discernment. When I hurt my knee at my wedding, I was so worried it would drown me in depression and push me back on goals I was making progress on. In contrast, the time I spent recovering, God displayed His faithfulness and His desire for me to invest in an intimate relationship with Him. Hurting my knee, getting surgery, and having time off of work allowed me to refocus my mind, heart and soul on the things that mattered and the things I had been neglecting. It gave me space to have the best and most intentional advent season I have ever had. In turn, it set me up to be on fire, passionate, and excited for what 2026 holds because I truly think 2025 prepared me for what’s to come. I do believe that good things are coming because blessings are poured out on humble but devoted hearts.
This upcoming year I know exactly what projects I want to focus on and where I want to go. It is refreshing to have so much direction and so much passion about where I am going. I don’t know exactly what the future holds, but I do know that it is going to be majestic because that’s the kind of author God is. I have spent the first two weeks in the studio a ton. I have just begun a huge project that I want to work on all of 2026. This project is called, “Let Creation Sing”. I will be painting 7 different major ecosystems. Each ecosystem will have multiple paintings ranging in size. I am beyond thrilled with the fact that I will be painting one extra-large painting for each part of the project. I believe that all the different aspects of this series “Let Creation Sing” will grow me as an artist and as a human being.
Stepping into a year dedicated to waiting on God, being Faithful to Him and what He has called me to do is beyond scary yet thrilling and inviting. I do believe that God has been preparing me for this stage of life all along. I feel myself diving in headfirst with courage and a resounding belief that everything will work out just as it is meant to. Do I have goals I want to achieve this year with my art business? Absolutely! The biggest one being commitment to the journey and where God is leading me.
I want to invite you to participate in this journey with me. There are so many ways you can support and encourage me that range in size, commitment, time, and/or resources. One small way is to be following on my social media accounts. I will tag them at the end. Following, liking, commenting and sharing my work goes a long way and it is just a simple gesture. Another way I want to invite you in is to be praying for this journey. Pray that God would open doors to the right opportunities & collectors and that there would be discernment, as well as inspiration flowing through me. Another opportunity is to support financially in some capacity. I have a range of price points and products on my website that start at the affordable price of $25. Each sale really encourages me and truly makes my heart sing.
Thank you for your time reading this and your participation in this journey with me. It has been an absolute blast creating and painting from a place of creativity, passion and play. Creating art and making paintings is just a piece of my heart and a way that God is using me. There is beauty in investing in someone’s journey and I don’t take your support for granted. It really means the world. Thank you
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