One of many cats and lions Alebrijes sculpture paintings I’m doing. I love the lions and they are in the cat family. Wild and colorful, for sure. When you go to an art festival here in Mexico with hand made paper sculptures, you will see all kinds of wonderful and colorful artworks. The Alebrijes are part fantasy, part humor. They enjoy the respect of the spiritual world where we live alongside our animal brothers and sisters. If you are open, you can receive them.
This is a Mexican Alebrijes Cat thinking about which artichoke he will have for his dinner. I think he is very beautiful. In Mexico, sculptors and craftsmen make paper sculptures they assemble with paper and wheat paste. The form is shaped and modified. When it is completely dried it becomes pretty sturdy. Then the sculpture is intricately painted with exotic and intense colors. This is my image of what I would love to see as a complete Alebrijes sculpture.
Here he is on one of my products
A scratchboard art surface with a different point of view.
Here is a new watercolor with very intense colors and mood. I did the basics of this piece when I was demonstrating for my class on layer painting in watercolor. The underpainting was done with inks in soft washes and I spread them on the wet paper with my fingers in a swirling motion. When it had dried in the sun is the point at which I gave the face its basic shape., The swirls of motion almost drew themselves. The many layers of dark purples and red are rich MaimiriBlu watercolors from Italy which are my favorites. This is a big painting and a powerful piece.
Here is the piece on Fine Art America.
This Clay mask is from Teotihuacana, Mexico.
It depicts “Dios Viejo del Fuego”, Which was one of the oldest deity worshipped in the Basin of Mexico, known as Huehueteotl by his Náhuatl name.
200 BC – 800 A.D.
When I saw this face I just wanted to paint him. I love the animals in here and his expressions and also I chose a vibrant gold color because I felt he was rich and glowing.
Here he is on fine art america.
Painting Mexico 
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