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.

6 comments:

Travis Erwin said...

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

Barbara Martin said...

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

David Cranmer said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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

David Cranmer said...

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

Ron Scheer said...

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