“If geography is prose, maps are iconography.”
Atlas Series.
I. Australia.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
II. Indian Ocean.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Jacaranda
For three weeks a year, this awe inspiring jacaranda tree surrounds my home with color and new life.
Atlas Series
Maps have special meaning to me. They show me where I've been, and where I've yet to explore. They are the visual layout of a place, its veins and arteries. They are also a symbol, because one cannot really trace on paper what is made of life, movement, chaos and feeling. It is the same with art
The paintings I'll be sharing this week are part of a series I began several years ago, where I use the pages of an Atlas from the 1950’s as a canvas.
Thank you!
Beautiful women, thank you for your support and encouragement! You have set my heart ablaze with gratitude and inspiration.
Tomorrow I will ship your jewelry to the United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada, USA and Mexico. May your kindness and generosity return to you a thousandfold!
Shop Updates: New Jewelry
I just added 60 new jewelry pieces to my Etsy shop.
Every piece is one of a kind, if you no longer see the item you are looking for, it means it has already sold.
Burst into Bloom
“I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories... water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.
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These pieces, and more, available this Sunday at 10 am CST in my online shop.
Queen Elizabeth on Horseback
I keep getting the Receptivity card from Osho’s Zen tarot:
The Queen of Water brings a time of unboundedness and gratitude for whatever life brings, without any expectations or demands. Neither duty or thought of merit or reward are important. Sensitivity, intuition and compassion are the qualities that shine forth now, dissolving all the obstacles that keep us separate from each other and from the whole.
Queen Elizabeth of France on Horseback.
Acrylic on paper.
12” by 9.25” (30 cm by 23.5 cm).
Favorite Rings
I will add new jewelry to my online shop this Sunday at 10 am, CST. My favorite rings will be included!
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New Jewelry
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Atlas Series
There are maps that lead us back to who we are. We collect the parts of a puzzle that was separated by time and distance and we recognize who we have always been.
The places we go to define us for a while, but the real map is the one within, the one that connects every aspect of ourselves.
Rome.
Acrylic on paper.
10.62” by 12.79” (27 by 32.5 cm).
2018.
Mariana de Austria
How exciting it is to walk at night. I feel darkness envelop me, I am unseen. Like a hawk. A hunter. I experience the quality of darkness. It is a different dimension, a bizarre element.
Portrait of Mariana de Austria.
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Infanta Margarita Teresa
Today I realized that a belief I held as a six year old still guides my path: when people don’t love me the way I want them to, I leave. I thought it was a way to punish them, but I am the one who gets burnt.
Dear Life, let me be aware of the obstacles within me that block the flow of love and abundance. Help me relate to others more freely.
Infanta Margarita Teresa.
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 cm by 23.5 cm).
Love from Muna
Muna says hi!
Temple
Dear Life, show me how to navigate the changing waters so that I flow with ease. Help me find stillness and comfort in my heart. Let me see beauty in all conditions.
I am you. You are me. We are one.
Temple.
Acrylic on panel.
42.24” by 42.24” (120 cm by 120 cm)
Portrait of Maria Anna
The woman behind the mask.
Portrait of Maria Anna.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 cm by 23.5 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Juan Martínez Montañés
“I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’”
Juan Martínez Montañéz.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 cm by 23.5 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Aesop
“A lot of times maturing as an artist is just starting to do the things you like to do.”
When I began this series, I had a hard time trusting what to paint. What seemed most familiar to me felt strange, too simple, not of this medium. As if it belonged to the world of ceramics, sculpture, or drawing. But I wanted to paint, so I continued.
Now that I’ve made over 100 paintings, I realize that the most important part of creating a body of work is to trust that what I want to explore is worth doing so. No one else can show me the way, there are no rules or guidelines to follow. Only curiosity and inner hunches that say: paint that orange, bring the line closer to the edge, make it thick. That is all I had to follow, and now that the paintings have come to life, they exist in a world with its own set of rules.
Aesop.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 cm by 23.5 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Venus
Sex and sensuality. The best way to get enlightened. Especially when it catches you off guard, when you think you are a tree, a rigid frigid tree, and you discover you are a river.
Venus at her Mirror.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 cm by 23.5 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Christ on the Cross
There, deep as the jungle, as the vines as the roots. Sunken in the blackest soil. Under peat. Back where it all grows and tangles and twists. There, you find yourself.
Christ on the Cross.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 cm by 23.5 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.