Quetzalcoatl

In the summer of 2011 i was hired to work with the Milwaukee Public Theatre and their annual All-City-Peoples Parade. Working with other talented artists this is what we made.

After days Of thinking how to make hundreds of feathers for this huge puppet. I did some researching on indigenous materials such as corn husks, corn, banana leaf, things i was familiar with. I dyed some corn husks and the store bought dye held well on the corn husks. It was bright enough. Then I layered on acrylic paints and gold spray paint. 

                                                                                        

Check out this video I made of the collection of fotos taken while i was making a 60+Ft. long Quetzalcoatl

43 cuarenta y tres/kwar-EN-tah ee tres

43

/cuarenta y tres/kwar-EN-tah ee tres

I am in the process of making a second work of art dedicated to the 43 murdered students. This second piece is a work of ink and paper. Drawing. I have made a couple videos of my process and my thoughts as i was working on this piece.

The first piece I made dedicated to the 43 students is a painting with small crosses I made of wood with acrylic flowers. Framed in antique frame.

On September 26th, 2014, 43 college students, all hoping to be teachers one day, were kidnapped and murdered. Iguala, Guerrero, MEXICO

1. Carlos Lorenzo Hernandez Munoz 19 years old
2. Jorge Anibal Cruz Mendoza 19 years old
3. Jesus Jovany Rodriguez Tlatempa 19 years old
4. Felipe Arnulfo Rosa 20 years old
5. Benjamin Ascencio Bautista 19 years old
6. Abel Garcia Hernandez 21 years old
7. Emiliano Alen Gaspar De la Cruz 23 years old
8. Doriam Gonzalez Parral 19 years old
9. Jorge Luis Gonzalez Parral 21 years old
10. Magdaleno Ruben Lauro Villegas 19 years old
11. Jose Luis Luna Torres 20 years old
12. Mauricio Ortega Valerio 18 years old
13. Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideno 19 years old
14. Antonio Santana Maestro
15. Marco Antonio Gomez Molina
16. Cesar Manuel Gonzalez Hernandez
17. Saul Bruno Garcia
18. Adan Abrajan De la Cruz 24 years old
19. Christian Tomas Colon Garnica 18 years old
20. Luis Angel Francisco Arzola 20 years old
21. Israel Jacinto Lugardo 19 years old
22. Julio Cesar Lopez Patolzin 25 years old
23. Jose Angel Navarrete Gonzalez 18 years old
24. Marcial Pablo Baranda 20 years old
25. Miguel Angel Mendoza Zacarias 33 years old
26. Alexander Mora Venancio 21 years old
27. Luis Angel Abarca Carrillo 18 years old
28. Jorge Alvarez Nava 19 years old
29. Jose Angel Campos Cantor 33 years old
30. Giovanni Galindes Guerrero 20 years old
31. Jhosivani Guerrero De la Cruz 21 years old
32. Cutberto Ortiz Ramos 22 years old
33. Everado Rodriguez Bello 21 years old
34. Martin Getsemany Sanchez Garcia 20 years old
35. Jonas Trujillo Gonzalez 20 years old
36. Jose Eduardo Bartolo Tlatempa 19 years old
37. Leonel Castro Abarca 18 years old
38. Miguel Angel Hernazdez Martinez 27 years old
39. Carlos Ivan Ramirez Villareal 20 years old
40. Chistian Alfonso Rodriguez Telumbre 21 years old
41. Bernardo Flores Alcaraz
42. Israel Gaballero Sanchez
43. Abelardo Vazquez Peniten