Title: She Who Sleeps in the Fields
Oil on stretched canvas; 24''x 28''
About Me
- Alejandra Maria Espinola, La Mestiza
- Fort Myers, Florida, United States
- I am a distinct weave of many colors. My passions are many and without them I could not be. I don't believe in riding the fence and once I take a stand I do not waiver. I will tell you as it is so you will always know where I am coming from.In spanish the saying is,'Mi lengua no tiene pelo'. With this honesty comes humor,joy patience,compassion,grace rationality, empathy, mindfullness, sincerity, sensuality, tenacity, the ability to love without measure and humility only to Almighty God. I was given these gifts so that I may go forth to share and to teach them. In doing so they will then grow and multiply. My art is a composition of the many parts of me,of who and what I am, of my life and its reflections, its many deceptions,its greater joys. It is about the metamorphosis and growth which has come from them and which will continue until I am no longer here.
Earlier Work
18 x 24 oil on stretch canvas, $ 200.
Studies in clay
Studies from life
Ceramics Free Form
One of Four/She Who Speaks
Ceramics/Post Classic Mayan Vessels, raku glaze,
A Study of Meso-American Art
Ceramics/Post Classic Maya Vessels, raku glaze
A Study in Meso- American Art
Goddess and Saint ( The Two Mothers )
Two Mothers. The oldest is Tonantzin, a major Aztec creator goddess. She is sometimes shown as a two headed serpent, representing the duality on earth, life/death, light/dark, good /evil , etc. The other is the patron saint of Mexico, La Virgen Maria de Guadalupe. The temple of Tonantzin is on Coatepec, ( snake mountain). Ironically, or by fate this is the same location where the Virgin first appeared to Juan Diago, a Mexican peasant. So in this painting I am bringing these two mothers together crossing time and ideology. One received the sacrificial blood of virgins put to death. The other was a virgin and who through prayers and petitions willingly receives our offerings and spiritual sacrifices.
Ix Chel, Mayan Fertility Goddess;30''x40''oil on canvas
Mujer, Tierra, Aire, Aqua, y Luna : Woman, Earth, Air, Water, Moon
New Studio
This is the womb where creation continues.
Kanela, The Hawaiian Me;18''x22'' acrylic on canvas
It is so odd that I can actually separate the different parts of me into soul and spirit. My soul is Mexican. It is the serious part of me where most of my life I have existed and been. It is this part of me that is of the land, la tierra. Kanela, my Hawaiian spirit. She is of the sea, she breathes it, her high and lows follow the moon and the tides. How strong was this newly discovered influence on her life all these years. Guagain, love of the South Pacific, wild bright floral fabrics, flowers in the hair. She is the light of the other, where one is knowledge, this one is wild innocence. This is the youth without end.
MK Art Fair
Moon Vessel
Mayan Moon Vessel: 16'' x 30''
This is me, reflecting on my life
One is always caught up in moments of quiet reflection. That is how we put our lives in order, when we try to put the pieces together. Out of these quiet moments, removed from the world, are conceived the ideas for my paintings. At other times come the prose or story that will become a piece of work. It is a process not controlled as they come on their own. I embrace them all. Fore they are the children of these later years.
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