Medicine Man

A large scale collage (about 5 feet tall) I suppose its about healing, the mystery of the body.

Medicine Man, collage on paper, 43 x 182 cm

    

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.

Project Codols 16/Dinner Installation

This is a detail from a recent event, which was an exhibit/installation in collaboration with a pop-up dinner in Barcelona, Project Codols 16. Click on the page to see more from that beautiful evening.

Apollo and the Oracle

This is from a series of "free" collages that are applied directly onto the walls of the space. The title  of piece was inspired by one of the explanations that the ancient Greeks had for the Oracle of Delphi. The theory was that Apollo breathed directly into the vagina of the Oracle and that was how she received divine information.