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Maria Duque - Illustrator

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A little story, a little color, and a whole lot of desert magic! 🌵📚

I’m excited to bring Look Into My Eyes / Mírame a los ojos and its companion coloring book to the Las Vegas Book Festival!

Discover the bilingual children’s story inspired by the Mojave Desert, then bring its world to life with the coloring book.

✨ Take both home together at the festival!

📍 Las Vegas Book Festival
📅 October 17, 2026

Come say hello and celebrate books, art, and imagination with me!

@cityoflasvegas @hendersonlibraries @hendersoncitylifestyle

#LasVegasBookFestival2026 #ChildrensBook #BilingualBook #ColoringBook LasVegasArtist #MindfulnessForChildren taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @mduquearts

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At the Las Vegas Book Festival! ✨📚 @cityoflasvegas #lasvegasbookfestival taken in Historic Fifth Street School by @mduquearts

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See you this Saturday! 📚✨

I’m so excited to be part of this year’s Las Vegas Book Festival!

Come say hello, discover Look Into My Eyes - Mírame a los ojos and its companion coloring book, and take a little piece of the Mojave Desert home with you!

📍 Historic Fifth Street School, Downtown Las Vegas
📅 Saturday, October 17 | 10 AM–5 PM
📚 Find me at Booth #35!

Swipe to find me on the festival map! 🗺️

Hope to see you there! 💙

#LasVegasBookFestival #LasVegasAuthor #ChildrensBooks #BilingualBooks taken in Historic Fifth Street School by @mduquearts

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🦇✨ #stickers taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @mduquearts

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Hello, October 🌙🦇✨

For the first day of October, I wanted to bring together two things I’ve loved since I was a kid: my fascination with bats and the beautiful illustrations of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.

Nevada is home to 23 different species of bats, and some have adapted surprisingly well to life around Las Vegas — even using our palm trees as places to roost. They also play an important role in our desert ecosystem, helping control insect populations, including mosquitoes and agricultural pests. 🦇

Here’s to October, longer nights, moonlit skies, cooler air, and a little winged magic. ✨

#IllustrationArt #BatArt #FairyArt #NevadaArtist #OctoberArt taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @mduquearts

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Just make the art. 🖤 taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @mduquearts

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Caminando por las Américas 🌎

Grateful to have been part of Caminando por las Américas, sharing space with so many artists, stories, perspectives, and experiences from across our communities.

My piece, Becoming Home, was born from my own experience with migration and from all the versions of ourselves we become along the way — each one shaped by what we live, what we leave behind, and what we carry forward.

Water represents our emotional world — the waters we all navigate throughout our lives. It flows through and connects the figures, carrying with it the emotions that come with migration: fear, uncertainty, hope, healing, growth, and transformation.

The female figures ultimately come together as one person, shaped by what she has lived, what she has left behind, what she has gained, what she has learned and remembers, and what she continues to carry with her. They are all part of the same person — who she is today and who she will continue to become, because transformation is a lifelong process.

Migration is not only about crossing geographical borders. It can also mean crossing boundaries within ourselves and learning to navigate our own waters. It is a process of finding ourselves again and again, discovering both who we are and who we are becoming.

That journey is not exclusive to those who migrate; transformation is part of being human. But migration shapes that experience differently. It asks us to redefine what home means while, at the same time, redefining ourselves — our values, our cultures, our routines, and our sense of belonging.

Home is not only a place. Home is the self we learn to inhabit, shaped by where we come from, what we have lived, and who we continue to become.

Thank you to @olmecaofficial, @ccpublicarts, @clarkcountynv, Commissioners @commishtick and @william_mccurdyii, and everyone behind Caminando por las Américas for creating a space where so many stories, identities, and journeys could meet through art — and for giving me the opportunity and honor of being part of it with Becoming Home.

Becoming Home | Digital Illustration © 2026

#latinoheritagemonth #caminandoporlasamericas #clarkcountypublicarts #lasvegasart taken in Clark County Government Center Amphitheater by @mduquearts

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In celebration of Latino Heritage Month, I’m honored to be part of Caminando por las Américas / Walking Through the Americas at the Rotunda Gallery.

Seeing Becoming Home in this space felt deeply personal. The piece was born from my own experience of migration and the emotional journey of learning where home lives after moving across countries and cultures.

Water carries the movement of that journey. The doorway within the heart represents the places we continue to carry inside us, while the different figures reflect a process of growth that is layered, intimate, and never linear.

I’m grateful to have this part of my story included in an exhibition that brings together so many perspectives from across the Americas.

The exhibition closes this Thursday, September 24. Join us for the closing reception:

📍 Rotunda Gallery
Clark County Government Center
500 S. Grand Central Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada

🗓 Thursday, September 24
⏰ 5:30–7:30 PM

If you’re in Las Vegas, come experience the exhibition, meet the artists, and celebrate an evening of art, culture, and community with us.

@ccpublicarts

#CaminandoPorLasAméricas #ClarkCountyPublicArts #LasVegasArt #VenezuelanArtist #latinoheritagemonth taken in Clark County Government Center Amphitheater by @mduquearts

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Four artists, four takes on orange: the vivid poppy swirl of @cheriedalyart "Tension," the sun bleached desert of @mduquearts "The Last Crossing," the amber toned wood panel assembly of @gorenrinat "Trails," and the playful colored pencil world of @johngreggstudios "Yellow Cycat with Yarn."

Swipe through the full palette, then come find the piece that's right for your space.

Shop the collection at the link in bio, or book a free art consult and we'll help you choose. 🧡

#CampFluff #CuratorPicks by @mduquearts

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Grateful to have been part of Camp Fluff Las Vegas alongside other talented artists. Thank you to everyone who came to see and support our work! ✨🤍

@campfluff @arttherapycafe

#CampFluff #DTLV #DowntownLasVegas #ArtsDistrictLV #LasVegasArtists taken in Arttherapy Cafe by @mduquearts

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Maria Duque’s work brings together bold color, surreal landscapes, and a quiet sense of storytelling, creating scenes that feel both familiar and dreamlike.

Tomorrow, Maria joins us in Las Vegas for Camp Fluff’s exhibition at @arttherapycafe where her work will be shown in person alongside our latest group of contemporary artists.

Her collection is also now live in the Camp Fluff online gallery, so you can explore and collect her work from anywhere!

#campfluff #art #lasvegas taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @mduquearts

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Meet artist Maria Duque @mduquearts 🌞 of Camp Fluff Las Vegas!

Maria is a Venezuelan-American visual artist, illustrator, and writer based in Las Vegas. Born and raised in Venezuela, her life across North, Central, and South America has shaped a multicultural perspective that runs through all of her work. A self-taught artist, she works across drawing, painting, digital illustration, and collage.

On view: The Last Crossing · Couch Series, Desert I · The Pilgrim · The Watcher · In Between Blues · Inner Sky · Becoming Home

Camp Fluff Las Vegas September 12, 2026 · 6 PM Art Therapy Gallery 353 E Bonneville Ave, Unit 183, Las Vegas, NV 89101

#campfluff #campfluffvegas #lasvegasart #arttherapygallery #vegasartist #mariaduque taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @mduquearts

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