“Why can’t I try on different lives, like dresses, to see which fits best and is more becoming?”
Indonesia (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
French Indochina
“What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race.”
French Indochina (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
China
“Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.”
China (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Portrait of a Man with a Frill
“In person, your paintings are just like I imagined. They have a very special energy, between depth, transformation, light and also some darkness, like life itself.”
Portrait of a Man with a Frill (Velázquez Series).
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
The Lady with a Fan
“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.”
The Lady with a Fan (Velázquez Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
12" by 9.25" (30 cm by 23.5 cm).
Portrait of a Girl
“You must learn in life to take things more lightly, my dear. The world is always changing. Learn how to allow for it.”
Portrait of a Girl (Velázquez Series).
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Painting Sketchbook
Ideas from my painting sketchbook (that could also be made into quilts or rugs).
The Adoration of the Magi
“One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.”
The Adoration of the Magi (Velázquez Series).
Acrylic on paper. 12" by 9.25" (30 cm by 23.5 cm).
Court Jester
“Let your darkness through
It’s your beauty too”
Portrait of a Court Jester (Velázquez Series).
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
So Moved!
Many years ago, when I was a hippie, I went with a couple of friends to the main square in Coyoacán. We had no money and were hungry. One friend had a guitar and started to sing, hoping someone would give him a coin. I decided to get paper and pens and make a few drawings. Perhaps they will sell! Soon after, a young woman came by and asked, can you draw Cristopher Columbus? I need it for school. I did, and with the money she paid we ate the best breakfast I have ever had.
I feel just as excited and grateful from your support during this week’s painting sale. Thank you for encouraging this new creative path! I am moved beyond words to imagine my paintings adorning your home.
New Paintings in my Etsy Shop
Atlantic Ocean
“The way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart.”
I will add this, and other paintings from the Atlas and Velázquez Series to my online shop tomorrow, Tuesday, at 1 pm CST.
Atlantic Ocean (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
South Pole
I was the snake in the Garden of Eden.
South Pole (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Antwerp
“The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.”
Antwerp (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Collective Painting II
“The left hemisphere is very interested in language; it communicates in words, it has a past, a present, and a future; it has a time component and it’s all about details. The right hemisphere is more about the right now-right here experience where everything is an enormous collage of all the sensory systems flooding into our brains.”
Collective Painting II.
Acrylic on board, 2018.
39.37” by 55.11” (1 m by 1.40 cm).
Netherlands Antilles
“All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else, because there is nothing else.”
Netherlands Antilles (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Israel, Jordan
“There’s a morning when presence comes over your soul. You sing like a rooster in your earth-colored shape. Your heart hears and, no longer frantic, begins to dance.”
Israel, Jordan (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Australia
“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”
Australia (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2018.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
London
“Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.”
London (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2018.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Pacific Ocean
“O tiger’s heart wrapped in a woman’s hide!”
Pacific Ocean (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2018.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).