# Alphabet Soup 7

The most energetic of the Alphabet Soup works shown, this small painting is dominated by bold black marks against a ground of teal, salmon, and warm beige - marks that feel calligraphic but resist reading. Language is always present in Ruiz's practice, from the text embedded in her artist books to the sign-like imagery of these paintings. Here it becomes pure visual energy, moving rather than meaning.

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## Details

- **Price:** 400.0 USD
- **Vendor:** Art Scout
- **Type:** Work on Paper
- **Tags:** abstract art, buy original art online, Luz Marina Ruiz, mixed media, printmaking, under 2500, work on paper

## Variants

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## Images

- Alphabet Soup 7 – small painting by Ruiz with bold black calligraphic marks resisting reading against a ground of teal, salmon, and warm beige, language as pure visual energy
- Alphabet Soup 7 by Ruiz – detail of bold black marks over teal and salmon ground, calligraphic but refusing to mean
- Alphabet Soup 7 by Ruiz – full small canvas of energetic sign-like imagery in black, teal, and salmon
- Alphabet Soup 7 by Ruiz – close-up of black gestural marks moving as pure visual energy against warm beige and teal ground
- Alphabet Soup 7 by Ruiz – artwork in room context
- Alphabet Soup 7
- Alphabet Soup 7

## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 8"×8"
- **Artist Material:** Watercolor and gouache
- **Artist Name:** Luz Marina Ruiz
- **About The Artist Link:** https://www.artscout.pro/collections/Luz-Marina-Ruiz

### About The Artist Content

“All work, when done with love and compassion, becomes a bridge to our shared humanity, bringing joy and light to life’s daily challenges.”

Oakland-based artist Luz Marina Ruiz works across painting, printmaking, drawing, mixed media, book arts, and installation. Inspired by nature and the world of dreams, her imagery often centers on water and boats as metaphors for life’s journeys. Ruiz’s process embraces the experimental nature of printmaking, layering texture and pigment to create luminous, tactile surfaces.

Born in Cali, Colombia, and raised in New York, she earned her BA, MA, and MFA from the University of California, Berkeley. Her work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, UC Berkeley’s Environmental Design Library, and Mills College Special Collections. She currently teaches printmaking at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

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> Updated: 2026-05-20