The Legacy Painting

"The Legacy" 2015-16, Havana, Cuba 57in x 94,5 in In 2015, I finished my Bachelor of Arts degree and moved to Guanabacoa, in Havana. This municipality, as old as Havana, is located a few miles across the bay of Havana. Being such an ancient city and on the outskirts of one of the first Spanish villages, the African cultural heritage is very present. The people portrayed here are father and son, Orlando de Quesada and Radimir de Quesada respectively, they were my neighbors. Orlando was born in Manzanillo, a municipality in eastern Cuba. His family came from regions with great spirituality due to the massive migrations that occurred in Cuba over the centuries, and this knowledge was inherited to him. We constantly shared coffee and a cigarette, and talked a little about my projects, he showed me very old books that helped me inform myself and one afternoon I proposed to portray them. I added the fact that being father and son was fundamental in this piece. They prepared the pose for the portrait, one hand resting on the other and one on the the spiritual staff, bequeathed for father and son.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:57 W x 94.5 H x 2.5 D in

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