Nostalgia #2
8x11” Acrylic and silver leaf on Arches 300 gm watercolor paper.
This piece was a commission where my client wanted a Rojita bottle mixed with her memories of drinking them at piñatas, aka kids birthday parties. Getting her fingers full or tortillita dust, kids with red rojita stains on their mouths and candy that fell after the piñata had it’s beating.
Macho Moto
21x29” Acrylic, metal leaf, and glitter on Arches 300 gm watercolor paper.
El Güegüense, aka El Macho Ratón is a 16th century satirical Nicaraguan drama. It is one of Latin America's most distinctive colonial-era expressions and Nicaragua's signature folkloric masterpiece meshing music, dance and theater. There are 14 characters in the piece of which 4 are machos, or beasts of burden. Here we have one of those 4 machos, Macho Moto, depicted.
Inmaculada Yemanya
20” diameter. Acrylic, gold leaf, glitter, and faux pearls on stretched canvas.
For this commission, I was asked by my client to combine the West African orisha, Yemanya, who is venerated in Brazil, with a Virgin Mary and references to Nicaragua. My client is Brazilian-Nicaraguan and wanted to represent both sides of her background in one piece. I took the clothes associated with the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception, which is the patron saint of Nicaragua, with the physical aspects attributed to Yemanya. As Yemanya is associated with the ocean, I placed her in the water as opposed to the sky, and instead of the white roses associated with Yemanya, you have sacuanjoches or plumeria blossoms, which are the national flower of Nicaragua.
Wanna Fanta?
10x14” Acrylic, metal leaf, and glitter on Arches 300 gm watercolor paper.
I didn’t grow up drinking much soda. It was one of those things restricted to certain occasions, birthday parties, first communions, occasional school pizza party. Perhaps because they were such a ‘special occasion’ treat certain sodas have held on to their nostalgic quality. When I was be allowed to ingest liquid sugar I always gravitated toward the colored ones. Orange, red, purple, yellow, those were the sodas I wanted. The orange soda of my childhood was Fanta Naranja, a neon delight.
I’ve got nothing more to show you here. This is a pic of the gorgeous colored walls of Granada. You can see why I like to paint with tremendous amounts of color. ;)
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El Güegüense
14”x17” Acrylic, metal leaf, glitter, and faux stones on Arches 300 gm watercolor paper.
El Güegüense (The Wise Man), or El Macho Ratón is a 16th century satirical Nicaraguan drama. It is one of Latin America's most distinctive colonial-era expressions and Nicaragua's signature folkloric masterpiece meshing music, dance and theater. Among the 14 characters, there are 4 Spaniards, one of whom I painted here. The intention was for the pieve to look almost like a theater poster/advertisement.
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Can we all agree that these are too cute? Yes?
Nice we can move on from that.
These always remind me of Catarina specifically. It’s a town in Nicaragua that is known for its flowers and plants. Viveros or plant nurseries, are all along the side of the road when driving through Catarina. These aren’t just cute, they’re also a great example of recycling. Eye spy some yummy Toña <3
El Güegüense, aka El Macho Ratón is a16th century satirical Nicaraguan drama. It is one of Latin America's most distinctive colonial-era expressions and Nicaragua's signature folkloric masterpiece meshing music, dance and theater.
There are 14 characters in the piece, and here we have one of the Españoles (Spaniards) depicted. Traditionally, the masks for the Spaniards are painted with blonde hair or dark hair, but you can differentiate them from El Güegüense and his sons by their head dress and outfits. Though the differences are subtle, the Spaniards have fancier head dresses and outfits.
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