Alfonso Rendon (Masplata)

1957–2025

Born in Panama, Alfonso Rendon, known as Masplata, lived and worked primarily in Miami, Florida.

He began creating later in life following the death of his mother, when he felt a persistent inner need to make art. “Art offered me a space within the work to personally and introspectively heal.” What began as a personal response to loss developed into a sustained and prolific practice grounded in immediacy and intuition.

Working across ink, watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media, Masplata developed a distinctive visual language of figures, birds, wisemen, and symbolic forms. These recurring elements move fluidly across compositions, forming an evolving system of marks and gestures.

His process was direct and unplanned. Each work emerged in response to the present moment, shaped by movement, repetition, and a continuous engagement with the surface.

Masplata described himself as a transmitter, using line, color, and form to convey visions of harmony, life, and nature. His work reflects an ongoing act of creation rooted in persistence, healing, and the need to make meaning through form.

“Every composition talks about a different universe in my mind.”