The Visible Universe

This is the first of a new series of large scale vertical collages. This piece was inspired by the image of a tree with most of its massive roots showing, I began to think of how the image we have of a tree, is only a small part of the whole. Here the mystery of the roots extend to the ancestoral layer, pre-history and the deep unknown at the root of all life.

The Visible Universe, collage on paper, 43 x 182 cm

A new collage, inspired by the image of Coaticue, Aztec Goddess, mother of all gods and symbol of death.

Coatilicue, collage on paper, 20 x 20 cm

La Diosa del Maiz

collage on paper, 20 x 20 cm

The Witches Sabbath

This is a new group of collages called the Witches Sabbath. Inspired by “The Sorceress” an ancient Greek poem by Theocritus, which recounts the story of Simaethea, a woman who turns to witchcraft after being spurned by her lover, and the Greek Magical Papyri, ancient Greek manuscripts containing magic spells and rituals. These texts came to me by way of a beautiful book by 

Octavio Paz on Love and Eroticism:

“Eros is a divinity that merges darkness with light, matter with spirit, sex with idea, the here with the there.”

-Octavio Paz

Hekate, collage on paper, 20 X 20 cm.

The Witches Sabbath, collage on paper, 20 X 20 cm.

The Witches Sabbath II, collage on paper, 20 X 20 cm.

Simaetha, collage on paper, 20 X 20 cm.