I have had the privilege and honor of getting to know and also watch the performances of the Colombian born professional storyteller Carolina Quiroga Stultz.  She has an interest in stories originating from Latin America—and uses her craft to educate and shed light upon the richness of culture in this region.  In the fall we are going to be exhibiting a collaborative project at several venues in San Antonio.  It will take place around the date of Dia dos los muertos  October 31- November 2(day of the dead) and thematically  the stories and sculptures will be used to honor this celebration. I highly recommend checking out her website and youtube channel, you can listen while you’re working in the studio!—-it isn’t the same as seeing her live, but it’s the second best thing! Come to San Antonio and watch it in real time!!!       http://www.carolinastoryteller.com/

stay posted for progress on this project

The pictures I am posting are works in progress, these two sculptures are 85% finished, hopefully to be completed within the next couple of weeks.  Neither Carolina or I have ever collaborated on a project quite like this before, so we’ll see what happens.  The ultimate intention for us is to learn from this experience, grow as artists, and communicate with our community.

This piece is rather large measuring 37 inches in height by 12 inches in width and 8.5 inches in depth. It is a mixed media piece and still has a lot of work left until I can consider it complete.

Here is a detail of the face of the dog—-it is inspired by one of the stories that will be performed this fall by Carolina Stultz, the antagonist of the tale has the eyes of a human but the body of a dog. There are other visual aspects of the story that I included in the piece such as a hairy hand, a broom, and an old house with dark windows.

this piece measures 24 inches in height by 12.25 inches in width by 6.5 inches in depth. It actually separate into three different sections. The lower portion that includes the house has an area to place candles on the inside so that light can shine through the windows.

detail of chicken’s face.