Pescado Y Amor, 6018 East Oak Island Drive, Oak Island, NC (2026)

07/16/2026

Locals Help! Missing USPS Package 📦

I’m hoping someone might be able to help.

A USPS package addressed to
Mary-Anna Ronquillo (that's me👋)
was marked as delivered to my front porch on July 14, but it never arrived. I live on 45th Street, and I’m wondering if it may have accidentally been delivered to the wrong street or a nearby neighbor.

I was home all day waiting for this package, so I know it was never actually delivered here.

The box only contains business promotional materials—nothing of value to anyone else—but it’s very important to me. Replacements are already being made, but they’ll take quite a while to produce.

If this package accidentally ended up at your home, would you please let me know or drop it by? I would be so incredibly grateful.

Thank you so much for checking and for helping me spread the word. ❤️

06/24/2026

Do you feel it too?
Has social media gotten so loud?
For the last month, I have been quietly avoiding it. Not forever. More like my nervous system stepped outside for air.

But I did just write a real June check-in to my email subscribers. a little love letter from the messy chaos.
As many of you know, I closed my public studio space at the end of May.

And no, I am not retired.
Not even close.
If anything, I am expanding.

I am slowly creating a new home studio, working on zines, writing The Frequency Letters, painting, rebranding my website, releasing more Spirit Guides, planning a Santa Fe retreat, and heading to Greece this fall for an artist residency.

So yes, I am still very much working.
I am becoming.
I am expanding every part of this art life into something new.
And painting is still the heartbeat of it all.

Now, I will say, I did have multiple unhinged moments in May. Truly. But I feel a short story coming from that chapter of my life, and I cannot wait to share it with you that way.

If you want to keep up with me outside of social media, please say yes. I don't want to be on here. HA HA. https://missytrippronquillo.myflodesk.com/fee71f00-c54d-49da-bf9a-02ac02c88445

That is where I will be sharing the deeper stories, new artwork, zines, retreats, and all the magic unfolding in this new chapter.

XOXO,
Missy

06/24/2026

Do you feel it too?
Has social media gotten so loud?
For the last month, I have been quietly avoiding it. Not forever. More like my nervous system stepped outside for air.

But I did just write a real June check-in to my email subscribers. a little love letter from the messy Caos
As many of you know, I closed my public studio space at the end of May.

And no, I am not retired.
Not even close.
If anything, I am expanding.

I am slowly creating a new home studio, working on zines, writing The Frequency Letters, painting, rebranding my website, releasing more Spirit Guides, planning a Santa Fe retreat, and heading to Greece this fall for an artist residency.

So yes, I am still very much working.
I am becoming.
I am expanding every part of this art life into something new.
And painting is still the heartbeat of it all.

Now, I will say, I did have multiple unhinged moments in May. Truly. But I feel a short story coming from that chapter of my life, and I cannot wait to share it with you that way.

If you want to keep up with me outside of social media, please say yes. I don't want to be on here. HA HA. https://missytrippronquillo.myflodesk.com/fee71f00-c54d-49da-bf9a-02ac02c88445

That is where I will be sharing the deeper stories, new artwork, zines, retreats, and all the magic unfolding in this new chapter.

XOXO,
Missy

05/12/2026

I wanted to share a little note from the middle of a moment.

Some of you may already know this if you follow my public studio, Pescado Y Amor, but I haven’t really shared it here.

PYA is leaving its home on Oak Island Drive at the end of May.

Almost seventeen years ago, Pescado Y Amor began as a little dream with roots in Mexico. The color, travel, handmade things, sunshine, salt air, and the feeling of creating something joyful and soulful.

Somehow, that wild, bright, love-filled idea became years of people walking through the door. Years of classes. Years of paint on the tables. Years of laughter, mess, stories, friendship, and becoming.

And now I am packing. Sorting. Remembering. Releasing. Crying a little. Laughing a little.

Beginning in June, my focus is shifting.

The heart of this next chapter is my art. My paintings, my writing, my collections, my retreats, and getting this work out into the world. I’m opening to the possibility that this work can serve others in ways I haven’t fully imagined yet.

I am ready to see who I am as an artist. I am ready for the world to see me and my art. I am ready for this expansion within me.

There are still a few final workshops happening inside the studio. DM me if you want the link.

I am also having a HUGE Studio / Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, May 23 from 6:00 AM – 1:00 PM with artwork, art supplies, treasures, and random things from the shed.

A few paintings will be discounted — not the new ones — but many studies and older works will be 50% to 75% off. I would love for some of these pieces to find homes before I move everything out.

My art is still here.
I am still here.
The work is still alive.

Something new is beginning.

I am daring to open to the creative possibilities that may arrive when I let go of these four walls.

Thank you for being here.

XO,
MTR

P.S. The Frequency Landscapes and Spirit Guides Vol. 2 will begin making their way to my website in June. I cannot wait to finally share them with you and find the people who connect with this deeper side of me.

Stay tuned. The next chapter is coming.

05/12/2026

Hello friends

We are officially in the countdown now.
The last few workshops inside my beloved Pescado Y Amor studio space, my heart can barely believe I am writing that sentence.

This room has held so much color, laughter, paint-covered hands, and beginnings. And now these are the final spaces I have open:

Oyster Shell Mini Painting Blocks
Wednesday, May 13
6:00 – 8:00 PM
$75
4 spaces available
view workshop details here:
https://occ.sn/73nPGSZg

Resin Clutch Workshop
Saturday, May 16
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
$146
2 spaces available
Today is the last day to register because molds are involved.
https://occ.sn/2ZgflmZl

Batik Class
Sunday, May 17
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
$150
1 space available
https://occ.sn/jcK2qRQL

Colorful Moon Resin Painting
Monday, May 18
6:00 – 9:00 PM
$65
7 spaces available
I found some round canvases… so naturally, we are painting the moon. But not just any moon. A colorful, glowing, resin moon.
https://occ.sn/5ksB3TZb

And that is it. All other workshops are full.

So if you have been wanting to sit inside this studio one more time, to make something with your hands, to be in the color and the mess and the memory of it all. This is the moment.

Pescado Y Amor Studio/Gallery is leaving its home at 6018 East Oak Island Drive at the end of May.

I am deep in the middle of moving out of my studio right now. Packing, sorting, remembering, releasing, crying a little, laughing a little, and trying to keep my head above water.

This space has held so much of my life.
Years of color.
Years of classes.
Years of people walking through the door.
Years of becoming.

I am not gone.
I am not finished.
I am not disappearing.
I am just moving through a very big ending so I can make room for a beginning.

My art is still here.
I am still here.
The work is still alive.

I may be a little quieter while I pack up this chapter, but I promise something new is beginning.

And speaking of clearing space. I have a studio full of paintings, supplies, treasures, and very random things we keep finding in the shed.
A few paintings will be discounted — not the new ones — but I do have many studies and older works marked 50% to 75% off.
✨ HUGE Studio / Sidewalk Sale
Saturday, May 23
6:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Artwork, art supplies, and all the little odds and ends of a creative life.

If you’d like to purchase any of the artwork I am hoping to find homes for, you can browse A FEW currently available on the PYA website. https://www.pescadoyamor.com/collect

There will also be so much more available at the Sidewalk Sale on May 23.

You may also notice the Pescado Y Amor website is going down to the bare bones for a little while. I will be rebranding in June and creating a new page for what PYA will offer moving forward things like retreats, special creative experiences, and whatever still feels aligned in this next season.

But my main focus now is shifting toward
Missy Tripp Ronquillo Fine Art . My paintings, my writing, my collections, my retreats, and the kind of work I feel called to make when I am not constantly running a storefront or teaching workshops.

Pescado Y Amor has been one of the greatest gifts of my life. Truly. Seventeen years of color, people, classes, laughter, chaos, growth, and love.

But I am ready to see who I am as an artist.

So if you want to follow the next chapter: the art, the writing, the new paintings, the retreats, the collections, the behind-the-scenes, and whatever unfolds .

Please make sure you are on my Missy Tripp Ronquillo Fine Art email list.

Sign up here:
https://view.flodesk.com/pages/64de3757c35bea8b6cf58f3d

Thank you for being here with me in the messy middle.
Come create with me one more time, if your heart says yes.
xoxo,
Missy

05/07/2026

Oh my goodness… I am so incredibly honored and overwhelmed in the sweetest way by the amount of emails, voicemails, Facebook messages, texts, hugs, stories, and memories you have all been sending me since I shared the news about closing my PYA studio/gallery space.

If this is news to you, I recently shared that I have made the very big, emotional decision to close my brick-and-mortar studio/gallery space at the end of May after 17 years.

I am not closing my business or quitting my work. I am simply letting go of this physical space and making room for what is next.

I want so badly to respond to every single one of you personally, and I am trying, but I also want to be honest… I am spread so thin this month.

Between packing, moving out, hosting the last of the in-studio workshops, organizing 17 years of studio life, and still trying to keep my own art happening, my days are very full.

So please know, if I haven’t responded to your email, voicemail, or message yet, it is not because it doesn’t mean the world to me. It absolutely does. I am just a little overwhelmed by the amount of love coming in. In the best way.

I also want to say thank you for all of the suggestions, ideas, and thoughtful messages you’ve sent my way. I know this change may feel sudden from the outside, and I truly appreciate that so many of you care enough to want to help me think through it.

But please know, this decision has come after a lot of listening, feeling, planning, and trusting. I am not closing because I am lost. I am letting go of this space because I feel ready for what is next.
I am still working. I am still creating. I am still an artist.

And honestly, I am really excited about the plans I do have, even if everything is still unfolding a little at a time.

All is well.
🤍
If you want to see me before I officially move out, I would love that. Sign up for one of my remaining classes this month, or stop by our BIG Art Sidewalk Sale on Saturday, May 23.
Workshop Link: https://www.pescadoyamor.com/art-classes

I will miss you all too. More than I can probably put into words.

Thank you for loving this little colorful space for 17 years.
Thank you for sharing your memories with me.
Thank you for being part of the story.

xoxo,
Missy

05/07/2026

Hi friends!

I’m not sure if you’ve been in the studio lately, but one of my favorite little ways to clear my head and settle my energy has been painting these cute little acrylic blocks.

They are small, simple, calming, and honestly so fun to make.

And everyone who has done one has loved them!

Tonight we’re painting ocean horizon studies, and I still have a few spaces left if you want to come play.
https://occ.sn/z8zwKK5m

Tomorrow we’re painting oyster shells on the acrylic blocks.
https://occ.sn/73nPGSZg

Wanna come paint with me? 🤍

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