Ollin Yoliztli Calaca #12
Plaster bandage, paper clay, acrylic paint

Part of the Ollin Yoliztli Calaca Series. Masks created over the duration of 3-4 years. While creating this collection, the artist developed and perfected his own style of painting for the calaca masks.

Calaca mask with off-white painted base. Purple, blue, yellow, and orange color scheme with small details in pink and dark red. Pink heart shape at the center of forehead with a blue gem. Outer border of teeth outlined in pink, inner border outlined in dark red. Top border of eyes outlined purple with dark red eyebrows. Nostrils painted purple, with red lines above. Yellow circle with blue dot in the center painted on the chin. Orange line surrounds the top perimeter of the circle and extends up at the edges.