The Race of the Kikirimiau Drawing

Original Pen and Ink on Watercolor Paper - With the mat and frame the size is 25" x 25". In these series of drawings I work with the integration of the environment in order to build a bridge between the figures and situations of flexibility and deformation in the background that is, a new space where light and shadow are the main characters. Among the female figures and fanciful beings that I introduce we can find known characters in the oral history of certain parts of the island where I grew up. Long before people heard about the famous “Chupacabras”, I heard in my childhood years of the Pichu-Pichu, “El Kikirimiau” “El Cara-Diablo” (The Devil Face), “El Vampiro de Moca” (The Vampire of Moca) and many others. Many of these characters were battling in my child's mind to somehow take a shape. Sometimes they seem to be competing in a race of different possibilities. In some pictures, you can see the hazy background filled with shadows and textures which conspire with high contrasts of light to achieve an atmosphere of intrigue and fantasy. In others, a character appears without being invited rather as an appearance instead of being part of an idea almost like an elongated cloudscape that seems to go unnoticed among the other shadows. The medium tones and the dark shadows maneuver for the sake of the light. The force created by the complexity of an energetic background is combined with a simple, clear figure shape which creates the boundary between space and time. A space full of distorted memories that conflict with a more recent time to create the ultimate moment.

Drawing:Ink on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16 W x 16 H x 0.5 D in

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