Chullpa, or funeral house, is the name of the stony environment that the cloud people chose for their dead who were wrapped and secreted in caves located in the Andean mountaintops of Peru.
Chullpa, executed in 2001, is the most important work in a series of mixed media paintings, prints and collages that depict sacred burials in antiquity. Ancient peoples are being resurrected and desecrated in the name of a new religion, science. In these artworks specific cultural references to textiles, paintings or artifacts are included along with the figures and are intended to express the unique beauty of each of those civilizations.
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“Chullpa” from the series “Desecration”
Shown at the Musée du Pays et Val de Charmey, Gruyère – Suisse
June 9 – September 29, 2002
Cast paper, monotype, collage and mixed media, 35 x 38", 2001
Juanita
Shown in "The Night of 1001 Prints," December 2009, Long Island City, NY
Etching, 5 x 6"
Juanita
Currently showing at the Museu Brasileiro da Escultarta, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Etching, 5 x 6"
Sacred Sleep
Watercolor and gouache, 30 x 40"
All That Remains
Pastel on paper, 14 x 17"
Tossed Aside
Pastel & charcoal on paper, 30 x 40"
