Saturday, September 6, 2008

'Belizean' Cuban Art

Terrie's post for Friday's Forgotten Books: Painting as a Pastime by Winston S. Churchill reminded me of my love of art, and though I can't paint one brush stroke, I do enjoy browsing art museums and picking up a piece here and there while I'm traveling. I found this painting at Caesar's Guesthouse art and gift shop on the Western Highway in Cayo, Belize in 2006. Initially I wanted to buy local art but this anonymous, untitled piece from Cuba jumped out at me and I couldn't leave without it. Unfortunately, when I shipped it back to the states, I poorly packaged it and the paint cracked in transit. I'm hoping one of these days to find someone who can fix it.

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6 comments:

  1. Travis ErwinSeptember 6, 2008 at 3:59 PM

    I know very little about art but I love the contrasting colors in that piece.

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  2. Barbara MartinSeptember 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM

    The focus on the hands tell everything. My first reaction was, the poor man has arthritis in his fingers.

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  3. David CranmerSeptember 7, 2008 at 12:21 AM

    Barbara, The fingers jumped out at me also. I realize it has a Scream aspect to it but like Travis mentioned the colors are intriguing and separate it from Munch's masterpiece.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM

    The painting is great! I like the dagger like nose. How badly damaged is it? It looks pretty good on the page.

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  5. David CranmerSeptember 7, 2008 at 9:09 PM

    RReynolds,The pic was taken before it was shipped. If you have ever wrinkled a poster it has that look to it.

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  6. Ron ScheerSeptember 19, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    I'm color blind, so for me it's the eyes. They are haunted.

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