Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
A collective exhibition and altares
La Peña commemorates the annual Día de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead with a group exhibition of artwork and Altares.
This Día de Los Muertos Exhibit is dedicated to the over 200,000 people that have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. The exhibit is also a remembrance for the many people that have been killed due to police violence and for the women and children across the world that have suffered and died from domestic violence. We also remember all those who have completed their life journey in this world. We also celebrate the living people’s courage and resilience to confront violence, as communities fight for justice, equity, and democratic values.
Participating Artists:
Alondra Acosta • Carmen Alvarez • JC Amorrortu • Ana Borne • Stuart Cameron • Cecilia Colomé • Juan Díaz • Naxieli Gomez • Yleana Martinez • María Montoya • Felicia Morin • Leticia Mosqueda • Kevin Muñoz • Fernando Muñoz • Angela Navarro • Verónica Ortegón • Adriana Perez • Jonathan Rebolloso • Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler • Cecilia Sanchez Duarte • Jerry Silguero • Jeff Stayton • Rama Tirú
This Día de Los Muertos Exhibit is dedicated to the over 200,000 people that have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. The exhibit is also a remembrance for the many people that have been killed due to police violence and for the women and children across the world that have suffered and died from domestic violence. We also remember all those who have completed their life journey in this world. We also celebrate the living people’s courage and resilience to confront violence, as communities fight for justice, equity, and democratic values.
Participating Artists:
Alondra Acosta • Carmen Alvarez • JC Amorrortu • Ana Borne • Stuart Cameron • Cecilia Colomé • Juan Díaz • Naxieli Gomez • Yleana Martinez • María Montoya • Felicia Morin • Leticia Mosqueda • Kevin Muñoz • Fernando Muñoz • Angela Navarro • Verónica Ortegón • Adriana Perez • Jonathan Rebolloso • Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler • Cecilia Sanchez Duarte • Jerry Silguero • Jeff Stayton • Rama Tirú
In exhibition at La Peña Gallery
227 Congress Avenue, Austin Texas.
October 30-November 30, 2020
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday 8am - 5pm; Saturday 8am - 3pm.
Alondra Acosta
Artwork:
Immortal Soul
Oil on canvas
12x12
$275 framed
About Alondra:
"My artistic name is AGAM. My purpose is to create consciousness through my art. Hoping that the seed of the truth will blossom as you see, observe, and feel my art with all your senses."
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @inmortalsouls
E-mail: inmortalsoulsagam@gmail.com
Immortal Soul
Oil on canvas
12x12
$275 framed
About Alondra:
"My artistic name is AGAM. My purpose is to create consciousness through my art. Hoping that the seed of the truth will blossom as you see, observe, and feel my art with all your senses."
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @inmortalsouls
E-mail: inmortalsoulsagam@gmail.com
Carmen Alvarez
Altar created by Carmen Alvarez de Euran in memory of Juventino Alvarez Ruffiar.
I was thinking of when I’ll die and I hope my family will do me the favor of cremating me and taking my ashes to Mocambo in Veracruz, where I played with my friends when I was a kid. That they’ll take a bottle of tequila and some music from Los Panchos and sing: Sin Ti, Nuestro amor, Contigo, etc.
Then I’ll be in peace.
I will go like the afternoon wind in a purple and white ribbon kite, which will be made in Jalapa, because that is where they make the kites that fly high, like the eagles.
Juventino Alvarez Ruffiar
Jan 25, 1945- Nov 24, 2019
Estoy pensando en que cuando muera mi familia me haga el favor de cremarme y llevar mis cenizas a Mocambo en Veracruz, en dónde yo jugaba con mis amigos cuando era niño. Que lleven una botella de tequila y algo de música de Los Panchos y que canten: Sin Ti, Nuestro amor, Contigo, etc. Entonces ya estaré en paz.
Me voy a ir con el viento de la tarde en un papalote morado de color morado y cinta blanca, que lo hagan en Jalapa, porque ahí hacen papalotes que vuelan alto, como las águilas.
Juventino Alvarez Ruffiar
Jan 25, 1945- Nov 24, 2019
I was thinking of when I’ll die and I hope my family will do me the favor of cremating me and taking my ashes to Mocambo in Veracruz, where I played with my friends when I was a kid. That they’ll take a bottle of tequila and some music from Los Panchos and sing: Sin Ti, Nuestro amor, Contigo, etc.
Then I’ll be in peace.
I will go like the afternoon wind in a purple and white ribbon kite, which will be made in Jalapa, because that is where they make the kites that fly high, like the eagles.
Juventino Alvarez Ruffiar
Jan 25, 1945- Nov 24, 2019
Estoy pensando en que cuando muera mi familia me haga el favor de cremarme y llevar mis cenizas a Mocambo en Veracruz, en dónde yo jugaba con mis amigos cuando era niño. Que lleven una botella de tequila y algo de música de Los Panchos y que canten: Sin Ti, Nuestro amor, Contigo, etc. Entonces ya estaré en paz.
Me voy a ir con el viento de la tarde en un papalote morado de color morado y cinta blanca, que lo hagan en Jalapa, porque ahí hacen papalotes que vuelan alto, como las águilas.
Juventino Alvarez Ruffiar
Jan 25, 1945- Nov 24, 2019
JC Amorrortu
Artwork:
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell”
Oils Alla prima on wooden palette
16” x 20”
$450
About JC Amorrortu
Born in Lima-Peru moved to Austin, Texas on December 21st, 2000. J.C. is a firm believer that every artist should develop their technical abilities, but also their conceptual ones. Art is very powerful and it should not only please or disturb your eyes but also communicate a message. J.C. is a traditionally trained artist in a variety of mediums whose goal is to connect the traditional and the modern to reach a better future.
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/jcamorrortu
Instagram: @observ_er
E-mail: jcamorrortu@gmail.com
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell”
Oils Alla prima on wooden palette
16” x 20”
$450
About JC Amorrortu
Born in Lima-Peru moved to Austin, Texas on December 21st, 2000. J.C. is a firm believer that every artist should develop their technical abilities, but also their conceptual ones. Art is very powerful and it should not only please or disturb your eyes but also communicate a message. J.C. is a traditionally trained artist in a variety of mediums whose goal is to connect the traditional and the modern to reach a better future.
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/jcamorrortu
Instagram: @observ_er
E-mail: jcamorrortu@gmail.com
Ana Borne
Artwork:
Los Difuntos Mixed media $175 - SOLD |
Artwork:
Separation Altar mixed media $175 - SOLD |
About Ana Borne's Art:
This piece is in memory of all the immigrants who risked everything for a better and safer life in the US and perished along the treacherous journey or endured unimaginable atrocities at the border.
For me, art has many purposes, one of the most important is to bring attention to and keep a record of world events and share our perspective.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.AuraVioleta.com
Instagram: @acborne
E-mail: auravioletaart@gmail.com
This piece is in memory of all the immigrants who risked everything for a better and safer life in the US and perished along the treacherous journey or endured unimaginable atrocities at the border.
For me, art has many purposes, one of the most important is to bring attention to and keep a record of world events and share our perspective.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.AuraVioleta.com
Instagram: @acborne
E-mail: auravioletaart@gmail.com
Stuart Cameron
Artwork:
Viviré
Mixed media on wood
$100
About Stuart Cameron Art:
This piece is a celebration of harmony and balance of life & death. When we stop fearing death we can begin to celebrate our lives.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.stuartcameron.art
Instagram: @sacameron6
E-mail: stuartacameron@gmail.com
Viviré
Mixed media on wood
$100
About Stuart Cameron Art:
This piece is a celebration of harmony and balance of life & death. When we stop fearing death we can begin to celebrate our lives.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.stuartcameron.art
Instagram: @sacameron6
E-mail: stuartacameron@gmail.com
Cecilia Colomé
Artwork:
Water an Us
Watercolor on paper
$200 framed - SOLD
About Cecilia Colomé Art:
I painted this watercolor in honor of our dead ancestors, like most of humanity I come from generations of immigrants, from one corner of the world to many others. I belong to a universal generation whose ancestors migrated mostly by crossing oceans. When I think of our ancestors I inevitably visualize the vast ocean, That’s when I feel “Water and Us”
Contact Artist:
Email: cecilia00colome@gmail.com
Water an Us
Watercolor on paper
$200 framed - SOLD
About Cecilia Colomé Art:
I painted this watercolor in honor of our dead ancestors, like most of humanity I come from generations of immigrants, from one corner of the world to many others. I belong to a universal generation whose ancestors migrated mostly by crossing oceans. When I think of our ancestors I inevitably visualize the vast ocean, That’s when I feel “Water and Us”
Contact Artist:
Email: cecilia00colome@gmail.com
Naxieli Gómez
Artwork:
Granada
Oil on wood
9” x 11”
$450
About Naxieli Gomez:
"My work is an exploration of the quiddity of the form, textures, and colors of the ingredients of Mexican cuisine. During my work process, I transport myself to my childhood, to the flavors, and the chanting sounds of the Zapotec language at my grandmother's house in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec."
Contact Artist:
Website: naxfineart.com
Instagram: @naxdesign
E-mail: naxieli@gmail.com
Granada
Oil on wood
9” x 11”
$450
About Naxieli Gomez:
"My work is an exploration of the quiddity of the form, textures, and colors of the ingredients of Mexican cuisine. During my work process, I transport myself to my childhood, to the flavors, and the chanting sounds of the Zapotec language at my grandmother's house in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec."
Contact Artist:
Website: naxfineart.com
Instagram: @naxdesign
E-mail: naxieli@gmail.com
Yleana Martinez
Artwork:
La Bota de la Opresión: por qué nos vamos, por qué venimos
Mixed media on painted copper, sterling silver, wood, plastic.
9” x 7”
$400 framed
About Yleana Martinez Art:
Rampant police violence in Latin America incites many indigenous peoples to abandon their families, their homes, their culture, and their land. They journey north in search of peace, protection, liberty, a helping hand, work, and education - only to experience more emotional and physical violence at the hands of US law enforcement. DIGA NO A LA VIOLENCIA POLICIAL!
Yleana Martinez is a metalsmith and jeweler who also creates mixed media art, often expressing a personal political view.
Contact Artist:
www.yleanamartinez.com
La Bota de la Opresión: por qué nos vamos, por qué venimos
Mixed media on painted copper, sterling silver, wood, plastic.
9” x 7”
$400 framed
About Yleana Martinez Art:
Rampant police violence in Latin America incites many indigenous peoples to abandon their families, their homes, their culture, and their land. They journey north in search of peace, protection, liberty, a helping hand, work, and education - only to experience more emotional and physical violence at the hands of US law enforcement. DIGA NO A LA VIOLENCIA POLICIAL!
Yleana Martinez is a metalsmith and jeweler who also creates mixed media art, often expressing a personal political view.
Contact Artist:
www.yleanamartinez.com
María Montoya
Artwork:
His Breath, His Word
Acrylic
$95
About María Montoya Stayton Art:
His Breath, His Word comes from a saying found in the Aztec Florentine Codex. It was used to describe the importance of every word that left his lips. The scroll that was used to show speech was painted in blue. In this image, it is not. That shows that the words coming out of his mouth are not true blue.
Maria studies and marks shared human experiences. She believes that art has the power to change heartland minds, therefore, one of the most underutilized tools in our arsenal. She resides in Bastrop, TX, and has a studio in Austin.
Contact Artist:
Email: mmhohenstein@gmail.com
Website: http://arteology.us
FB & Insta: @MariaMontoyaStayton
Phone: 512.810.9111
His Breath, His Word
Acrylic
$95
About María Montoya Stayton Art:
His Breath, His Word comes from a saying found in the Aztec Florentine Codex. It was used to describe the importance of every word that left his lips. The scroll that was used to show speech was painted in blue. In this image, it is not. That shows that the words coming out of his mouth are not true blue.
Maria studies and marks shared human experiences. She believes that art has the power to change heartland minds, therefore, one of the most underutilized tools in our arsenal. She resides in Bastrop, TX, and has a studio in Austin.
Contact Artist:
Email: mmhohenstein@gmail.com
Website: http://arteology.us
FB & Insta: @MariaMontoyaStayton
Phone: 512.810.9111
Felicia Morin
Artwork:
Death, Transform, Repeat.
Acrylic on Canvas
12 x 12 inches
$250
About Felicia Morin Art:
Death as being a cycle, can define an end to the past. While opening a passage way for a future transformation to begin. The art symbolizes death as a process eventually defined by the individual’s perception.
As an artist, creating images from my dreams and imagination, inner realms are discovered. Also, I enjoy capturing the natural world. My journey began as a child instinctively drawing. My art reflects concepts and messages from surreal moments in time, mystic beliefs to ancient cultures. Sometimes expressed by channeling my intuition. My work is produced under multiple mediums from water-based paints, pencils to pens.
Contact Artist:
www.feliciamorin.com
Email: felicia.morin.86@gmail.com
Instagram: @felicidad_99
Death, Transform, Repeat.
Acrylic on Canvas
12 x 12 inches
$250
About Felicia Morin Art:
Death as being a cycle, can define an end to the past. While opening a passage way for a future transformation to begin. The art symbolizes death as a process eventually defined by the individual’s perception.
As an artist, creating images from my dreams and imagination, inner realms are discovered. Also, I enjoy capturing the natural world. My journey began as a child instinctively drawing. My art reflects concepts and messages from surreal moments in time, mystic beliefs to ancient cultures. Sometimes expressed by channeling my intuition. My work is produced under multiple mediums from water-based paints, pencils to pens.
Contact Artist:
www.feliciamorin.com
Email: felicia.morin.86@gmail.com
Instagram: @felicidad_99
Leticia Mosqueda
Artwork:
Catrina Mexicana
Oil on canvas
47” x 31”
$750
Contact Artist:
Email: leticia.mosquedac@gmail.com
Instagram: @mosqueda_art
Catrina Mexicana
Oil on canvas
47” x 31”
$750
Contact Artist:
Email: leticia.mosquedac@gmail.com
Instagram: @mosqueda_art
Fernando Muñoz
Artwork:
Ansiedad y Muerte / Death & Anxiety
Acrylic on canvas
9” x 12”
$300 framed
About Fernando Muñoz Art:
Fernando Muñoz is an artist, poet and curator from Chile living in Austin, Texas since 2004. His work explores themes such as melancholy, dreams, and memories. Using intricate patterns and lines Fernando creates metaphorical and almost surreal portraits and landscapes.
Contact Artist:
www.fernando-munoz.com
Instagram: @energyacreativa
Email: energyacreativa@gmail.com
Ansiedad y Muerte / Death & Anxiety
Acrylic on canvas
9” x 12”
$300 framed
About Fernando Muñoz Art:
Fernando Muñoz is an artist, poet and curator from Chile living in Austin, Texas since 2004. His work explores themes such as melancholy, dreams, and memories. Using intricate patterns and lines Fernando creates metaphorical and almost surreal portraits and landscapes.
Contact Artist:
www.fernando-munoz.com
Instagram: @energyacreativa
Email: energyacreativa@gmail.com
Kevin Muñoz
Artwork:
Awe, Some Day
Mixed media
$180
About Kevin Muñoz Art:
This piece is a nice reminder that we’ll be worm food one day.
Bold & graphic layouts, loose brush-work, and warm colors are all elements Kevin Muñoz uses to create his visual world. Rhythmic patterns and serene landscapes surround the weathered characters in his work as he explores concepts of identity, longing, and happiness. Inspiration includes his native lands of Guatemala and Southern California, midcentury design, recent photos of ancient art, and plants.
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @kevinmunoz
Awe, Some Day
Mixed media
$180
About Kevin Muñoz Art:
This piece is a nice reminder that we’ll be worm food one day.
Bold & graphic layouts, loose brush-work, and warm colors are all elements Kevin Muñoz uses to create his visual world. Rhythmic patterns and serene landscapes surround the weathered characters in his work as he explores concepts of identity, longing, and happiness. Inspiration includes his native lands of Guatemala and Southern California, midcentury design, recent photos of ancient art, and plants.
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @kevinmunoz
Angela Navarro
Artwork:
At first, she blushed
12 x 12 inches on canvas
mix media
$144
About Angela Navarro Art:
There is comfort in the repetition of patterns and color that has always sparked a great deal of interest in me. The impression on the subconscious of colors and shapes becoming one of my passions. At the core of my work, there is a pursuit of the use of color and its intricacies. I am engrossed by the creation of complex tonalities and how to arrange them together, maintaining harmony while combining contrasting silhouettes.
I work with nature-inspired shapes, lines, and textures building layer upon layer on the canvas, almost like the manifestation of an internal dialogue. The motives inside my paintings are routed into daily events and anecdotes. Mostly, using nature as a vehicle for introspection at the service of the representation of thought processes. Nature becomes the anecdote and the formal elements of the artwork, such as composition, color, textures, and lines emerge at the core of the narrative aspect of the painting.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.angelanavarroart.com
Instagram @angelanavarroart / FB: facebook.com/AngelaNavarroArt
E-mail: angelanavarroart@gmail.com
At first, she blushed
12 x 12 inches on canvas
mix media
$144
About Angela Navarro Art:
There is comfort in the repetition of patterns and color that has always sparked a great deal of interest in me. The impression on the subconscious of colors and shapes becoming one of my passions. At the core of my work, there is a pursuit of the use of color and its intricacies. I am engrossed by the creation of complex tonalities and how to arrange them together, maintaining harmony while combining contrasting silhouettes.
I work with nature-inspired shapes, lines, and textures building layer upon layer on the canvas, almost like the manifestation of an internal dialogue. The motives inside my paintings are routed into daily events and anecdotes. Mostly, using nature as a vehicle for introspection at the service of the representation of thought processes. Nature becomes the anecdote and the formal elements of the artwork, such as composition, color, textures, and lines emerge at the core of the narrative aspect of the painting.
Contact Artist:
Website: www.angelanavarroart.com
Instagram @angelanavarroart / FB: facebook.com/AngelaNavarroArt
E-mail: angelanavarroart@gmail.com
Verónica Ortegón
Artwork:
Triple Alliance
Original digital art
22” x 18”
$400 framed
About Verónica Ortegón Art:
This original digital artwork called ‘Triple Alliance’ is my homage to the Mexican tradition of ‘Dia de Los Muertos’.
I have worked in various creative professions, from advertising to teaching art in public schools. After buying a computer and learning how to use graphic software I began to create digital art. Working as a graphic artist for over 30 years at several state agencies I designed posters, brochures, logos, and images for websites. Even after many years of working with computer technology, I continue to learn new techniques that enable me to create stunning digital images. As for traditional art, my preferred mediums are oils on canvas, ink, pastels, watercolor, and photography.
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/veronica.ortegon1
E-mail: veronicaortegon1999@yahoo.com
Triple Alliance
Original digital art
22” x 18”
$400 framed
About Verónica Ortegón Art:
This original digital artwork called ‘Triple Alliance’ is my homage to the Mexican tradition of ‘Dia de Los Muertos’.
I have worked in various creative professions, from advertising to teaching art in public schools. After buying a computer and learning how to use graphic software I began to create digital art. Working as a graphic artist for over 30 years at several state agencies I designed posters, brochures, logos, and images for websites. Even after many years of working with computer technology, I continue to learn new techniques that enable me to create stunning digital images. As for traditional art, my preferred mediums are oils on canvas, ink, pastels, watercolor, and photography.
Contact Artist:
Facebook: facebook.com/veronica.ortegon1
E-mail: veronicaortegon1999@yahoo.com
Adriana Pérez
Artwork:
Among Us
Acrylic, art foil, rope and varnish.
$250
About Adriana Perez Art:
I find inspiration everywhere. I enjoy the freedom to express myself through art. My creations usually come from my emotions and once I start working on a piece other ideas come out. Hopefully the viewer appreciates different perspectives.
Adriana Perez was born and raised in Corpus Christi, TX. In 2009 she received her Bachelor's of Art from Texas A&M University Kingsville. She has gone on to complete her accreditation certificate of education at Texas A&M Corpus Christi in 2018.
Adriana has always had a passion for art since childhood that was sparked by her grandfather Esequiel. She cherishes her fond memories of creating artwork with her grandfather.
Aspects of art which hold her interest include; sculpture, graphic design, printmaking and drawing. In her spare time Adriana enjoys spending time with her family and her daughter.
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @adrianaperez514
Among Us
Acrylic, art foil, rope and varnish.
$250
About Adriana Perez Art:
I find inspiration everywhere. I enjoy the freedom to express myself through art. My creations usually come from my emotions and once I start working on a piece other ideas come out. Hopefully the viewer appreciates different perspectives.
Adriana Perez was born and raised in Corpus Christi, TX. In 2009 she received her Bachelor's of Art from Texas A&M University Kingsville. She has gone on to complete her accreditation certificate of education at Texas A&M Corpus Christi in 2018.
Adriana has always had a passion for art since childhood that was sparked by her grandfather Esequiel. She cherishes her fond memories of creating artwork with her grandfather.
Aspects of art which hold her interest include; sculpture, graphic design, printmaking and drawing. In her spare time Adriana enjoys spending time with her family and her daughter.
Contact Artist:
Instagram: @adrianaperez514
Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler
Artwork:
Turkey Buzzard Family
Prismacolor pencils on mat board
9” by 12”
NFS
About Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler Art:
Over the past semester months, I have been working with my mom to bring a long-held idea of hers to life: a children’s book about a turkey buzzard family. This is the latest piece in my attempt to render turkey buzzards in a more narrative style. They are extremely valuable yet deeply misunderstood birds because their lives depend on death in a sense. Seeing them alerts us to the immediate presence of death, forcing us to think about it when we are not prepared to do so. But turkey buzzards don’t just east carrion; they also mate for life, raise their young, and they even migrate and roost with other species of birds. They keep the dead from harming us and turn death into a life force.
Contact Artist:
Website: https://sandrapomeleofowler.wordpress.com/
E-mail: sandrapomeleofowler@gmail.com
Turkey Buzzard Family
Prismacolor pencils on mat board
9” by 12”
NFS
About Sandra Pomeleo-Fowler Art:
Over the past semester months, I have been working with my mom to bring a long-held idea of hers to life: a children’s book about a turkey buzzard family. This is the latest piece in my attempt to render turkey buzzards in a more narrative style. They are extremely valuable yet deeply misunderstood birds because their lives depend on death in a sense. Seeing them alerts us to the immediate presence of death, forcing us to think about it when we are not prepared to do so. But turkey buzzards don’t just east carrion; they also mate for life, raise their young, and they even migrate and roost with other species of birds. They keep the dead from harming us and turn death into a life force.
Contact Artist:
Website: https://sandrapomeleofowler.wordpress.com/
E-mail: sandrapomeleofowler@gmail.com
Cecilia Sánchez Duarte
Artwork:
Catrina
Woodcut
42” x 30”
NFS
Catrina
Woodcut
42” x 30”
NFS
Jerry Silguero
Artwork:
Essential Portrait
Media: Mixed Media on Gesso Panel.
Dimensions: 12"x12"
$700
About Jerry Silguero Art:
This painting is dedicated to all of the Latinx essential workers and heroes who are frontlines keeping America running.
Contact Artist:
Website / Contact Info: gerardosilgueroart.com
Instagram: @silguero.art
Twitter: @silgueroart
TickTock: @silguero.art
Essential Portrait
Media: Mixed Media on Gesso Panel.
Dimensions: 12"x12"
$700
About Jerry Silguero Art:
This painting is dedicated to all of the Latinx essential workers and heroes who are frontlines keeping America running.
Contact Artist:
Website / Contact Info: gerardosilgueroart.com
Instagram: @silguero.art
Twitter: @silgueroart
TickTock: @silguero.art
Jeff Stayton
Artwork:
New Fire Ceremony
Acrylic
$95
About Jeff Stayton Art:
Based on the Mesoamerican idea of great change after a long period, such as a half-century. This painting is one of hope that we are undergoing a great change after a long national nightmare.
I paint a variety of works updating myths. My studio and gallery are in Bastrop. I am co-owner of Painted Bunting Art & Gifts.
Contact Artist
Facebook: @PaintedBuntingArtAndGifts
New Fire Ceremony
Acrylic
$95
About Jeff Stayton Art:
Based on the Mesoamerican idea of great change after a long period, such as a half-century. This painting is one of hope that we are undergoing a great change after a long national nightmare.
I paint a variety of works updating myths. My studio and gallery are in Bastrop. I am co-owner of Painted Bunting Art & Gifts.
Contact Artist
Facebook: @PaintedBuntingArtAndGifts
Rama Tirú
Artwork:
The COVID Queen
Mixed media
12” x 12”
$175
About Rama Tiru Art:
Here is the COVID Queen visiting us on the Dia de Los Muertos. She is deceptively beautiful but deadly! She is wearing a cape of trapped butterflies to denote captured lives. She is celebrating with COVID garlands and a skull. Her red mask warns us what happens if we don’t wear it. Her body is in the shape of an altar for us to pray for her to leave forever! This image is my artistic prayer to make the beautiful COVID Queen go away and leave us in peace!
Contact Artist
Email: tirugallery@gmail.com
www.tirugallery.com
The COVID Queen
Mixed media
12” x 12”
$175
About Rama Tiru Art:
Here is the COVID Queen visiting us on the Dia de Los Muertos. She is deceptively beautiful but deadly! She is wearing a cape of trapped butterflies to denote captured lives. She is celebrating with COVID garlands and a skull. Her red mask warns us what happens if we don’t wear it. Her body is in the shape of an altar for us to pray for her to leave forever! This image is my artistic prayer to make the beautiful COVID Queen go away and leave us in peace!
Contact Artist
Email: tirugallery@gmail.com
www.tirugallery.com
In Gallery ExhibitionThese and other artwork from the feature artists will be exhibiting at La Peña Gallery, 227 Congress Avenue, Austin Texas 78701
If you wish to visit the Gallery, please follow these procedures:
Always wear a face covering (mask, fabric, etc)
Keep your distance (6ft when possible)
La Peña has hand sanitizer stations, but if you can bring your own hand sanitizer is recommended.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm; Saturday 8am-3pm.
If you wish to visit the Gallery, please follow these procedures:
Always wear a face covering (mask, fabric, etc)
Keep your distance (6ft when possible)
La Peña has hand sanitizer stations, but if you can bring your own hand sanitizer is recommended.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm; Saturday 8am-3pm.
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