An invitation to tour Rio de Janeiro, these charming paintings share Ricardo Siccuro's vision. The set of four includes tempting beaches embraced by clean air and intense blue skies. Christ the Redeemer, always present, guards the city. Sugar Loaf Mountain and its cable cars are part of Rio's dramatic landscape, and Siccuro finishes this collection with the depiction of a busy favela. Titled "Cole... more...

An invitation to tour Rio de Janeiro, these charming paintings share Ricardo Siccuro's vision. The set of four includes tempting beaches embraced by clean air and intense blue skies. Christ the Redeemer, always present, guards the city. Sugar Loaf Mountain and its cable cars are part of Rio's dramatic landscape, and Siccuro finishes this collection with the depiction of a busy favela. Titled "Cole��o do Rio" in Portuguese.   less...

A curtain of golden lace reveals chiaroscuro magic in a painting by Peruvian artist Azorin. Working with oils and bronze leaf, he paints the clear and vivid images of a pear, apple and apricot. Azorin's use of light and color recalls the work of past masters. Azorin has developed a demanding procedure to create the visual effects that characterizes his artwork. He paints the composition after deli... more...

A curtain of golden lace reveals chiaroscuro magic in a painting by Peruvian artist Azorin. Working with oils and bronze leaf, he paints the clear and vivid images of a pear, apple and apricot. Azorin's use of light and color recalls the work of past masters. Azorin has developed a demanding procedure to create the visual effects that characterizes his artwork. He paints the composition after delineating the images with carbon pencil, and to finish he applies lacquer and bronze leaf accents that   less...

A skeletal figure, she stands with her hands raised in the posture of women who die in childbirth. Angel Cer�n sculpts the image of Coatlicue, "She of the serpent skirt." The Mexica earth goddess and mother of the gods, her image bears the symbol "Eight Malinalli, or "grass." Her son Huitzilopochtli, the sun god and god of war, defended her from the powers of the night. Cer�n bathes the image ... more...

A skeletal figure, she stands with her hands raised in the posture of women who die in childbirth. Angel Cer�n sculpts the image of Coatlicue, "She of the serpent skirt." The Mexica earth goddess and mother of the gods, her image bears the symbol "Eight Malinalli, or "grass." Her son Huitzilopochtli, the sun god and god of war, defended her from the powers of the night. Cer�n bathes the image in earth to give it the effect of a recent archeological discovery.   less...

Beautiful and sensuous, this Apsara was originally carved in one of the Khajuraho temples in Madhya Pradesh. A nymph in the kingdom of the Hindu deities, an Apsara seduces with her dance. Brijesh Kumar sculpts this granite replica with exceptional detail, faithful to the original. The Khajuraho temples are adorned with myriad sculptures, including graceful "maidens" in a variety of provocative pos... more...

Beautiful and sensuous, this Apsara was originally carved in one of the Khajuraho temples in Madhya Pradesh. A nymph in the kingdom of the Hindu deities, an Apsara seduces with her dance. Brijesh Kumar sculpts this granite replica with exceptional detail, faithful to the original. The Khajuraho temples are adorned with myriad sculptures, including graceful "maidens" in a variety of provocative postures, dancers, musicians and embracing couples. They are believed to represent the Tantric practice   less...