KASSANDRA MORIAH LEIVA

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    • mitos y raíces
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    • The Daphne Line
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  • Paintings etc
    • mitos y raíces
    • Genesis
    • Minis
    • Nature
    • bodies in space
    • Architectural
    • More
  • Graphic Design
    • The Daphne Line
    • Posters
    • Misc.
  • Photography
  • About Me
  • Contact
  • Art Chats

mitos y raíces

Mitos y Raíces (Mythos and Roots) is my latest collection and probably the most personal that I have worked on so far. None of these works are meant to directly portray  Cuban stories or Cuban reality. Instead these paintings tell a story of myth-like embellishment to evoke feelings of longing for a culture that is mine yet feels so far and ephemeral. I give each main character at least one prop, whether it be animals or inanimate objects that reference something from my childhood or something that I see as uniquely Cuban.  I italicize inanimate here because even the most inanimate objects here are animate. In fact, that is one of my current intellectual interests in painting: How can textiles filled with patterns or other ornate accessories bring movement and life to a painting such that it rivals the animation of the animals or the people inhabiting the painting?

ALL PIECES CURRENTLY SHOWING AT CBSRZ MAIN STREET ART GALLERY, CHESTER, CT through August.
Contact me for personal tour & purchase inquiries.

Asabache. Oil on canvas, 24" x 36"
Dueña de los Limones. Oil on Canvas, 12" x 16".
Expectations. Acrylic on Canvas, 12" x 24"
Untitled. Acrylic on Gesso Paper, 18" x 36"
Ashé de los Caminos. Oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
Danza de los zunzúnes. Oil on canvas, 8" x 24"
Self Portrait. Oil on canvas, 8" x 24"
Trinkets. Oil on canvas, 16" x 20"
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