Title: Corn Corazon (Heart) Conquistadora
Size: 18" x 24"
Medium: Oil; 22kt gold, sterling silver and copper metal leaf; antique ceramic mosaic tile with 24k gold glazes; on vintage wood planks of Ponderosa Pine wood panel reclaimed from a 1904 wood mill and formed by an artisan wood worker into a single panel.
Date: 2006
Image Inspiration:
La Conquistadora, the country's oldest Madonna is shown here
with her hands in prayer posture cradling her heart of corn. A
22kt. gold leaf crown adorns her head. She watches over the
high sun, moon and lands below. Floral patterns embellish the
sky. Her body is a rock wall of gold glazed mosaic that
stretches across the horizon and drops down a flower to the
earth. Her blessings rain down upon us.
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