Heliodoro Santa Coloma

Green Mansions

Heliodoro was born in New York City in 1931. He studied fine art in Music & Art High School, Cooper Union, and Phoenix School of Design. He was stylist for Vera scarves, designed many wallpaper books and created fabrics for several high-end companies.

Somehow, during a very busy career in these fields, he still managed to exhibit his batiks at many art shows all over the country, selling and winning many blue ribbons for his works during the past 50 years.

Seeking inspiration for his works, Heliodoro traveled all over the world soaking in the beauty of exotic places like Tahiti, Cuba, Hawaii, Bali, Haiti, Peru, Egypt and the Amazon jungle... to name just a few of the lands which filled him with a palette of color and ideas for creating his works in Batik.

Heliodoro has now stopped running around, and has established a private art gallery in Mahopac, New York.