Maté Painting

This work is a realist painting of a crudely modeled female figure. What she is holding in her arms is ambiguous. Is it a baby, a gourd, or an egg? The realist portrait gives a new status to this small figurine. It gives it a new importance, brings into focus the model's features, and turns it into an allegoric figure. Was it painted because it represents a goddess figurine? Using Play-doh as the material for the sculpture makes it contemporary further blurring the status of the female figure - is it a goddess or was it modeled by a child? I Iove to play with the non-noble status of Play-doh which automatically lightens the seriousness of the painting and brings in fun colors. This was painted directly from life. This acrylic-on-paper painting comes with a white border. The white paper border has some blemishes from removing the masking tape. These should be covered up when framing. This does not affect the painted surface.

Painting:Acrylic on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20 W x 27.5 H x 0.1 D in

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