Galleries – Page 26 – Harvard Staff Art Show

Sunset on Sao Miguel Island

Volcanic rocks by the coast at sunset. The rough ocean water is contrasted with the still water in tidal pools within the rocks.

Dawn breaks over the serene Kochi backwaters

A serene dawn with a colorful sky reflecting on the calm water. A blue canoe is docked at the shore with lush greenery. In the background, a line of palm trees silhouette against the sunrise.

Un regalito del cielo (A little gift from heaven)

The painting follows a circular motion feeding into all three planes simultaneously. The left quadrant was designed to be the brightest to catch the viewers’ eye because this is where I wanted the story to begin. Hun Hunahpu is wearing his traditional ‘ball game’ attire. Large green vines and human maize husks are coming out of him because he is in charge of populating the world. This is because one of the ancient codex texts called the Popol Vuh describes the ancient myth of how ‘gods formed the first humans through dough made out of white and yellow corn’, after clay and wood failed. He is also holding an orange gleaming and blossoming plant of cempasuchil (marigold) because it could not grow human corn seedlings for Frida (alluding to her 3 miscarriages). The plant is giving birth to three calaveritas (skulls). In the second plane, I replanted a cactus with my bare hands as an offering to Frida because at that time, that is all I had to give; a prickled, half broken heart.

Blooming Heart

An acrylic painting on canvas featuring a heart with vibrant flowers emerging from it.

Veil PhBBzy

An abstract painting with vibrant swirls of green, yellow, and blue, atop more muted shades of gray and white.

Diablito & Calavera

Two figures, one red and one black, stare ahead. They are somewhat android-like, constructed as if they have wide toothy grins, and positioned so it appears they are holding hands.

Threshold

An abstract painting composed of swirling shapes and colors. A white strip runs vertically through the center of the piece. The left side features complex layers of red, green, and brown. The right side has softer hues of blue, green, and beige, in more fluid patterns.

Skull adorned with flowers and bees

Painting of a bleached white skull. Over the right eye socket are red, blue, purple, and pink flowers; the nose is covered by a bee; the background is black and beige splotches.

I am Worthy

A digitally rendered, stylized woman with long, flowing hair, in shades of yellow on a navy blue background. The image is shown on a white wall in a modern room.

3 Otters

Watercolor painting of three otters standing on rocks in the ocean, looking straight up towards you.