La Parisiene : Fayun Portrait

( : La Parisienne 2009):

 This piece was made with driftwood and  Decoupage. I was intrigued to recreate a copy of a woman in Roman ,Egyptian and maybe Christian style. I have many works like this in private collections around the world. I created this work in . I have been able to display my work in places like in Argentina, France, Canada, Spain and in the United States. This was created by merged historical lithography( copies) and driftwood.

(Virgin del nino de  Sandro Bottichelli )

Some of my pieces are made with asphalt, glue, wood, and other media. This art is Arte Povera. ( Italian for art of poor people) which are mid evil and renaissance artists. I love this style because I select the pieces that intrigued me in this style. If I can not use driftwood I use a liquid to avoid termites.

When I construct a piece it evolves around my emotion at the time. I can not create a piece if a lithograph has been overly replicated or repeated. Its one of my best characteristics of mine. I love to advance and create. My artistic style is in many forms. In the piece of Bottichelli I wanted to see what he saw and recreate and evolve the lithograph.

Another important thing for me is how the wood has aged . When looking for driftwood I look for a piece that has character and age. When I look at a piece of driftwood I want to see the journey of the wood, how it formed , and how through transition it aged. In a unconscious reflection of the Cuban immigrants who fled Cuba in the sea.