KASSANDRA M. LEIVA

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    • The Daphne Line
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  • Paintings etc
    • mitos y raíces
    • Minis
    • Nature
    • bodies in space
    • Architectural
    • More
  • Graphic Design
    • The Daphne Line
    • Seeing Nature
    • 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?

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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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