Illusion in the Carchi waterfall Painting

This work is the covert narrative synthesis of an idyll of unrequited love. In the first place, the painting hides under two layers of paint a portrait of a beautiful native woman from El Carchi, in Ecuador in black and white, painted by the artist in September 2019. It was commissioned by a man in love with a young girl he saw bathe in the waterfall, being captivated by the charm and beauty of that young indigenous woman. Due to criticism for her dishonorable behavior, in the midst of her sadness, she then wanted to undo that portrait, ordering the artist to hide it under a second layer of paint, only the waterfall. The man never claimed the painting again once it was finished, and after the two years of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021, the artist decided to cover the painting again with a third layer of paint, which is what we now see, which interprets what that man narrated to the artist, as the illusion of that idyllic moment of unrequited and tragic love. Determined to explore the plastic resources that come from Matisse or Picasso, the shrewd style of the artist William in themes of the figure shows us his expressionist interest, even from previous works. The aspect of hiding the portrait for ethical and social reasons leads us to understand a common practice in the works of 19th and 20th century artists, such as Picasso, who hid portraits to change the subject many times. In this work, the subject is the same and the narrative situation is the same, but the way in which it is transformed from a purely figurative portrait has changed, to that of the actual scene of the events as an expressive plastic resource. Video: https://youtu.be/m2O2nPntPxo

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.7 W x 19.7 H x 1 D in

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