The Witch Doctor - click image to enlarge

“The Witch Doctor”

Mixed Media, 4′ x 4′.

This is the piece I submitted to the “Black & White Show”.

The original title was “The Shaman” since the painting is about a Shaman performing a healing. The feather represent the disease.
When I was in the Art School in Buenos Aires years ago, I was very interested in Precolumbian Art.
We did extensive reaserch on the subject and my group’s thesis was specifically about Precolumbian Cultures of Northwest Argentina.
Sadly I don’t have my notes, so all I know now is what I can remember, but it is a very interesting subject.

From wikipedia:

” Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. A practitioner of shamanism is known as a shaman.
Shamanism encompasses the belief that shamans are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds. Shamans are said to treat ailments/illness by mending the soul. Alleviating traumas affecting the soul/spirit restores the physical body of the individual to balance and wholeness. The shaman also enters supernatural realms or dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community. Shamans may visit other worlds/dimensions to bring guidance to misguided souls and to ameliorate illnesses of the human soul caused by foreign elements. The shaman operates primarily within the spiritual world, which in turn affects the human world. The restoration of balance results in the elimination of the ailment.”

More info here

Detail Images:

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Mentor - click to enlarge

“Mentor”

Acrylic on canvas.

I started this painting in portrait position and then rotated it to landscape position to finish it.

Mentor - click to enlarge

The Tugboat Captain - click to enlarge

The Tugboat Captain

Pencil and watercolor on paper

The Seer - click to enlarge

The Seer

Pen and color ink

The Vagrant - click to enlarge

The Vagrant

Pen & Ink

The Jester - click image to enlarge

“The Jester”

Pencil on paper

The Montrose Art Society - Grand Opening May 15

The Montrose Art Society - Grand Opening May 15

I am proud to announce that I am now a member of The Montrose Art Society, an amazing group of very talented artists.

We open an art space on May 15th at Montrose & Westheimer.

Hope to see you there.

The music retail store employee - click to enlarge

“The music retail store employee”

Pencil on paper

Before or after...? - click image to enlarge

“Before or after…?”

Some people like to have fun before the shower…
Some people have a lot of fun in the shower…
Some people will have fun after the shower…

Exposure: 1/250 at f/9.5, focal length 47mm (1.6 crop factor), iso 200.
2 off camera Speedlites, with diffusers, one pointing from the front (her right) and the other one from the side (her back) through the shower glass.