JOIN THE MAILING LIST
Melanie Cervantes
38" x 50"
Acrylic Painting on 90lb Stonehenge Fine Art Paper, 100% cotton, acid-free,archival, 2007
Collection of EastSide Arts Alliance
This painting features a Brown Beret Chicana whose portrait was taken during the 1970 National Chicano Moratorium. The Moratorium against the Vietnam war mobilized an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 peaceful protestors marched in East LA that August. The Brown Berets were a barrio self defense committe and many have referred to them at the parallel Chicana/o organization to the Black Panther party. This large scale painting served as a color study for the limited-edition screen print called Las Brown Berets. I realized I wanted to play with metallic colors in this painting but ended up keeping the palette for the screen print pared down to three colors. I don't have a picture of it but the final painging has a ivy green background.
Copy this code to embed on your website: |
| Comments | Post a Comment |
Melanie
Cervantes
Jesus
Barraza