This painting entitled Wisdom is the first of the series because it embodies the wisdom that lies in the teaching of the indigenous people. This old lady also reminds me of my grandmother, and the fact that somehow, I’m trying to retrieve that history through these paintings. The guy with the audio recording device is doing just that recording his history as well. I didn’t have the privilege to get those stories from my grandma first hand because she passed when I was really young. However, I believe that these paintings help me share the colors that cultural history of that linage
- Subject Matter: Ecuadorian Indigenous Portraits