Ubuntu (I Am Because We Are) Painting

Ubuntu is a composite of multiple dreams of mine where my ancestors appear as shifting, changing entities of light. It is a self-portrait of sorts, where I am in the costume of a power animal; embracing a tree, looking out onto the beach of my ancestral homeland and maybe my future. The use of paper adhered to canvas takes advantage of the textured surface and evokes generations long gone from this earth. Teresa Vazquez is an artist, writer, educator and Dream Midwife. Her dreamwork largely informs her artwork, which in turn fuels her dreaming practice. She has an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in Creative Writing from Oberlin College. She is the former Community Programs Manager and Painting & Drawing Instructor at the Indianapolis Art Center. Teresa is a mother, grandmother, first-generation Cuban immigrant, loving-kindness meditator, leftie, and a nature loving, ancestor-revering, earth-honoring person.

Painting:Acrylic on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:25.5 W x 21.5 H x 1 D in

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