CURANDERIA COLLECTION
The celebration and the honoring of the intuitive power of the feminine pysche and curanderismo depicted through magical realism in portraiture.
Art Heals. It heals the soul, a moment, an environment, a pain, a hope, a space, a community. Art is the salve, the ointment, that which embraces us, gives voice to a wound and healing.
Just as “curanderismo” (traditional healing) is an intersection between a holistic and spiritual perspective of natural medicine on a spiritual, bodily and mental level, so too is art. Healers use their knowledge of herbs and plants to create creams and drinks and give massages (sobar) with the goal of healing. These healers are beloved in Latin American culture.
La celebración y el honor del poder intuitivo de la psique femenina y el curanderismo representada a través del realismo mágico en el retrato.
El Arte Cura. Cura el alma, un momento, un ambiente, un dolor, una esperanza, un espacio, una comunidad. El Arte es la savila, la pomada, aquello que nos abraza, nos da voz a una herida y la sanacion.
Así como la curanderia tradicional es una interseccion entre una perspectiva holística y espiritual de la medicina natural a nivel espiritual, corporal y mental asi es tambien el arte segun se vea. Los curanderos y las curanderas utilizan su conocimiento de hierbas y plantas para crear cremas y bebidas y para dar masajes (sobar) con el objetivo de sanar. Estos sanadores son muy amados en la cultura latinoamericana.
My intention is to depict the connection with the person and nature and how that deepens our sense of connection and sense of self, a reverence for life. I named the project " Vuelta al Sol" to represent our circular motion around the earth (birthdays) and the circular shape of the painting.
My paintings are about the love to what is essential in us and a reverence for life. They speak of the love and the connection to oneself, to a loved one, the environment and a cultural heritage.
A Vuelta al Sol or Around the Sun portrait is about celebrating life and how it is supported by our connection to nature, with a loved one and or a beloved pet and our cultural heritage ( textile/garment).
Centuries of survival as prey and being regarded as inferior has forced us to develop an innate intellectual and emotional high capacity. We give birth to children, projects and we nurture communities. This is a homage to our capacity to create and in some instances to survive as women.
Luna Nocturna series is about the relationship a woman has with herself. In the peace of the night she can hear her thoughts, feelings and desires; she can digest and come to terms with the cycles of life and death.
It is about women and their innate power to create by tapping into her femininity, through speaking their truth and reaching their highest level of energy that they can.
The Female, in the noble sense of the word- we are complex, deep and multifaceted.
Native Goddesses Collection
A series of paintings about the Teenek goddesses.
It revolves around the feminine and its power. It’s not only about the feminine as a woman but as fertility, nature and the sometimes-overlooked woman’s role in history. The Huasteca branched off the Mayans and like them; they had a cosmo-vision that reflected everything they honored as sacred. Such as fertility, stars, water, rain, seasons and harvesting. Many of their deities were female which I found very interesting.I studied the history, archaeology, culture and did on site research of the indigenous community of the Huasteca group spanning for more than two years. This project also involved giving the Mayan Nut workshops in 3 indigenous communities. It required the collaboration of the local town government of Tempoal, Veracruz, MX, the indigenous communities, the Mayan Institute and myself. I spent time with the community to get a sense of their life as a group.
Frida de mi vida Collection
a series of portraits of Frida Kahlo integrating symbols that represent parts of her psyche. most of the images of her face are based on old black and white photographs of her.
2 of 3 are still available.
Herencia
An ongoing series of paintings of my grandmothers and great-grandmothers and other significant women in my family. This is a way for me to reclaim my feminine heritage lost through undervalued roles and forgotten maiden names.
sold out series
Mexico con ojos de niña
Mexico with the eyes of a girl.
These paintings were made in Italy and were part of my first solo show in Florence, Italy. Living in foreign country helped the indigenous Mexico came more into focus for me. It is series about Mexico with a girl as the main protagonist. Young girls in the indigenous culture are responsible for so much, ranging from kitchen chores to watching over their siblings. Their childhood is a shorter and a very different one compared to our society. They might get to go to school for some years and are expected to get married as early as 14 or 15 years old.
sold out series
Mexico nagual y profundo
The animals are intrinsically a part of every girl, symbolizing their spirit or their untamed nature. A “nagual” allures to the humans that have the power to transform into an animal. Indigenous Mexico has so many layers of depth to its mystical beliefs and in its folklore.
sold out series