Stamps, peace and a card for you

Last night was a lovely night. I carved some rubber stamps and made a card I was asked for. 

 

I wish you a Merry Christmas!

And for you, a card you can use. Shhhh ....last year's is also still available.

Summer is here! Almost....

At least on this side of the world!
Well now is raining, but.... summer at home means...

Souvenirs

It was my daughter's First Communion and I made her souvenirs. I was determined to not do something common and I didn't want them to be white and yellow. And indeed, they ended up being really colourful! She was really happy with the result!

View from the couch

I had to read something ...could not scape. But I kept looking everywhere unable to concentrate ...  
Would you like to make trip my eyes made?

Of course ... I started to incorporate myself ... my papers stood on the couch! and I .... I went to enjoy a beautiful day ...

New shelves in my studio

I keep adding things and storing spaces are very useful!  I have three new shelves and one I had overflowed is already feeling relieved.

Curls in my hear

Yes, I do have curls ... but in this case I am talking (painting really) about my other curls.

This is about those times when I complicate myself, or how we say here: all my the birds have flown away. We can not always take away ideas from the head, but also sometimes over-complicate things

Art has a wonderful effect on my ... It helps me straight my "curls", for example.

In process ...

The final piece...

Acrylics on canvas

The mexican muralists' passion - part 2

If you fell eager to know and see more murals, let's continue...

 
Diego Rivera - Mexican life carnival:
Four movable panels. They were originally designed to decorate the Hotel reforma, were removed due to the political ideas they included.
When they looked into the panels closely, they noticed that the murals were embedded (as any other Diego's paint) with political ideas.

Let's look closer...

Detail. An armed indigenous

Detail - Did you see behind the main character?

Detail- yes, again!

David Alfaro Siqueiros- Torment of Cuauhtémoc and Apotheosis:

A diptych that represents the impact of the Mexico colonization. Siqueiros said on the opening day "Is a song to Cuauhtémoc and an image of the struggle this week civilizations had to support." 
This is the first panel -Torment of Cuauhtémoc-, represents the tourture the conquerors applied to the last azteca (mexican) emperor:

And the second panel, coming from the painter imagination, shows us the emperor leading his people, brave against the enemy:

Diego Rivera - Russian Revolution:
Leon Trotsky lived few years Mexico. He formed in Mexico a circle of followers and developed a deep friendship with prominent nationals like Diego Rivera. 

Jose Clemente Orozco - Katharsis:
A critique to the degradation of the society and class division, in the capitalism. It is a critique but also a warning. For us to think on redemption. His proposal is to destroy first to be reborned and renewed (this is what the fire means).
 

The mural  -  image from Google ( I didn't have one of the complete piece)

Diego Rivera & David Siqueiros