Maria Helena Alonso

Hi, My name is Maria Helena Alonso, or Malenita Alonso, as I am artistically known.

I am passionate about visual communication and doing it using digital techniques and mix-media as well.

My passion for drawing started at a very young age. I always lived surrounded by pencils and notebooks.

In 2005, I moved to the city of San Juan, Argentina, where I studied Visual Arts and specialized in children's books illustration.

I currently live in New Westminster, British Columbia. I moved to Canada in 2019, and here I graduated from the "Graphic Novel and Comic" program at Langara College.

During these last years, I published (self-publishing) many comics, of which you can buy one: "Silence" in my Etsy store and in Indigo Robson.

My universe is very rich in textures and mixtures of surrealistic techniques and themes with memories of my life. I enjoy finding a style that I identify with and feel comfortable with, but I also adapt to other clients' requests and needs. I never stop at new techniques, and I love to try and learn new ways of telling my stories or stories from literature.