"Painting Pots"

                                         "Painting Pots", Taxco, Mexico
                                                    Egg Tempera 12" x 14" $1,800

It is rare for me to work from a photo, but this was a special case due to the medium. This small painting took me four months to complete due to the exquisite nature of egg tempera. Her story is unique. I met her in the market place in Taco, Mexico. She is Nahuatl, an indigenous tribe directly descended from the Aztecs. I was on a special trip for the Smithsonian Institutions obtaining a collection of contemporary Mexican Folk Art for an exhibition they had coming up at the National Museum of the American Indian. She was painting pots in the street and we bought almost everything she had on hand. Her village produced these pieces. I asked her if I could take her picture and she agreed which is not usual. The joy and love of being able to create these beautiful works of art was expressed in the designs, care and execution of the story she told in the pots she painted. This work will always be a part of that joy I witnessed in her expression as she worked in the busy market place in Taco, Mexico.